Nahum 1:4
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָבֵשׁ
yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
בָּשָׁן
Bâshân
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
אָמַל
ʼâmal
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
כַּרְמֶל
Karmel
Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine
פֶּרַח
perach
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
לְבָנוֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
אָמַל
ʼâmal
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
Key Terms in This Verse
יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Study H3001 →יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →בָּשָׁן Bâshân
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Study H1316 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →Cross References
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
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