Nahum 2:7
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And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
In other translations
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
Hebrew words
וְהֻצַּבvehutzavand it has been fixedH5324גֻּלְּתָהguletahit was uncoveredH1540הֹעֲלָתָהho'alatahit was taken awayH5927וְאַמְהֹתֶיהָve'amhoteihaand maidservants itsH519מְנַהֲגוֹתmenahagoyt[are] moaningH5090כְּקוֹלkekollike [the] sound ofH6963יוֹנִיםyonimdovesH3123מְתֹפְפֹתmetofefot[they are] beatingH8608עַל־'al-onH5921לִבְבֵהֶן׃livehenhearts theirH3824
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Luke 23:27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
- Luke 23:48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
- Isaiah 32:12They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
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People and places
Places: Nineveh