There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
There ſhall the fire deuoure thee: the ſword ſhall cut thee off: it ſhall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy ſelfe many as the cankerworme, make thy ſelfe many as the locuſts.
אָכַל , verb, ʾakhal — to eat (value 51)
H398,
אָכַל ʼâkal, aw-kal'; a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):—× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.to eat, devour, burn up, feed
(Qal)
to eat (human subject)
to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
to devour, consume (of fire)
to devour, slay (of sword)
to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
to devour (of oppression)
(Niphal)
to be eaten (by men)
to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
(Pual)
to cause to eat, feed with
to cause to devour
(Hiphil)
to feed
to cause to eat
(Piel)
consume
Used in 703 Verses, 38 Books 803  Occurrence Count
אַרְבֶּה , masculine noun, ʾarbeh — (a kind of) locust (value 208)
H697,
אַרְבֶּה ʼarbeh, ar-beh'; from H7235; a locust (from its rapid increase):—grasshopper, locust.a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll)
(CLBL)
sudden disappearance (fig.)
insignificance (fig.)
activity (fig.)
Used in 21 Verses, 12 Books 24  Occurrence Count
אֵשׁ , feminine noun, ʾeysh — a fire (value 301)
H784,
אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.fire
fire, flames
supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)
fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)
altar-fire
God's anger (fig.)
Used in 346 Verses, 33 Books 376  Occurrence Count
חֶרֶב , feminine noun, herev — a sword (value 210)
H2719,
חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.sword, knife
sword
knife
tools for cutting stone
Used in 371 Verses, 33 Books 408  Occurrence Count
יֶלֶק , masculine noun, yelek — (a kind of) locust (value 140)
H3218,
יֶלֶק yeleq, yeh'-lek; from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust:—cankerworm, caterpillar.young locust (early stage of development)
caterpillar (as devouring)
Used in 7 Verses, 4 Books 9  Occurrence Count
כָּבַד , verb, kavad — to be heavy, weighty, or burdensome (value 26)
H3513,
כָּבַד kâbad, kaw-bad'; or כָּבֵד kâbêd; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses):—abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured
(Qal)
to be heavy
to be heavy, be insensible, be dull
to be honoured
(Niphal)
to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant
to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory
(Piel)
to make heavy, make dull, make insensible
to make honourable, honour, glorify
(Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured
(Hiphil)
to make heavy
to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive
to cause to be honoured
(Hithpael)
to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous
to honour oneself
Used in 108 Verses, 26 Books 111  Occurrence Count
כָּרַת , verb, karat — to cut off, cut down (value 620)
H3772,
כָּרַת kârath, kaw-rath'; a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces):—be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
(Qal)
to cut off
to cut off a body part, behead
to cut down
to hew
to cut or make a covenant
(Niphal)
to be cut off
to be cut down
to be chewed
to be cut off, fail
(Pual)
to be cut off
to be cut down
(Hiphil)
to cut off
to cut off, destroy
to cut down, destroy
to take away
to permit to perish
(Hophal) cut off
Used in 280 Verses, 33 Books 287  Occurrence Count
שָׁם , adverb, sham — there, thither (value 340)
H8033,
שָׁם shâm, shawm; a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence:—in it, thence, there (-in, of, out), thither, whither.there, thither
there
thither (after verbs of motion)
from there, thence
then (as an adverb of time)
Used in 732 Verses, 36 Books 830  Occurrence Count
| Nahum 3:15Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| שָׁ֚ם תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְ אֵ֔שׁ תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ חֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ כַּיָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּיֶּ֔לֶק הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ |
| Verse #22728 (Ch. #903) — 11 words, 47 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| There shall the fire |
H784ʾeysh |
אֵשׁ |
301 |
| devour |
H398ʾakhal |
אָכַל |
51 |
| thee; the sword |
H2719herev |
חֶרֶב |
210 |
| shall cut thee off, |
H3772karat |
כָּרַת |
620 |
| it shall eat thee up |
H398ʾakhal |
אָכַל |
51 |
| like the cankerworm: |
H3218yelek |
יֶלֶק |
140 |
| make thyself many |
H3513kavad |
כָּבַד |
26 |
| as the cankerworm, |
H3218yelek |
יֶלֶק |
140 |
| make thyself many |
H3513kavad |
כָּבַד |
26 |
| as the locusts. |
H697ʾarbeh |
אַרְבֶּה |
208 |
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