Habakkuk 1
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הַמַּשָׂא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה חֲבַקּ֖וּק הַנָּבִֽיא
the burden · which · to see · Habakkuk · the prophet
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עַד אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ
until · where · LORD · to cry out · and not · to hear · to cry out · to you · violence · and not · to save
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3
לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֨וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא
to/for what · to see me · trouble · and toil · to look · and violence · and violence · to/for before me · and to be · strife · and strife · to lift
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עַל כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל
upon · thus · to faint · law · and not · to go out · to/for perpetuity · judgment · that · wicked · surrounding · - · the righteous · upon · thus · to go out · judgment · bent
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5
רְא֤וּ בַגּוֹיִם֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי פֹ֨עַל֙ פֹּעֵ֣ל בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ כִּ֥י יְסֻפָּֽר
see · in/at the nations · and look · and be astounded · be astounded · that · work · doing · in/at days your · not · to confirm · that · to count
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כִּֽי הִנְנִ֤י מֵקִים֙ אֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים הַגּ֖וֹי הַמַּ֣ר וְהַנִּמְהָ֑ר הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ לְמֶרְחֲבֵי אֶ֔רֶץ לָרֶ֖שֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת לֹּא לֽוֹ
that · behold me · rising · - · the Chaldea · the nation · the bitter · and the hastening · the walking · to/for wide places of · land · to inherit · dwelling places · not · to/for him
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אָיֹ֥ם וְנוֹרָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹ וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא
terrible · and fearing · he · from us · judgment his · and exaltation his · to go out
Septuagint runs longer here
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8
וְקַלּ֨וּ מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל
and to be light · from leopards · horses his · and to sharpen · from wolves of · evening · and to spring about · horses his · and horses his · from far · to enter · to fly · like/as eagle · hastening · to eat
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9
כֻּלֹּה֙ לְחָמָ֣ס יָב֔וֹא מְגַמַּ֥ת פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם קָדִ֑ימָה וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף כַּח֖וֹל שֶֽׁבִי
all her · to/for violence · to enter · hordes of · face(s) their · east toward · and to gather · like/as the sand · captivity
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וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ
and he · in/at the kings · to mock · and being weighty · derision · to/for him · he · to/for all of · fortress · to laugh · and to heap up · dust · and to capture her
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אָ֣ז חָלַ֥ף ר֛וּחַ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר וְאָשֵׁ֑ם ז֥וּ כֹח֖וֹ לֵאלֹהֽוֹ
then · to pass through · spirit · and to pass over · and to trespass · this · strength his · to/for God his
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הֲל֧וֹא אַתָּ֣ה מִקֶּ֗דֶם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י קְדֹשִׁ֖י לֹ֣א נָמ֑וּת יְהוָה֙ לְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט שַׂמְתּ֔וֹ וְצ֖וּר לְהוֹכִ֥יחַ יְסַדְתּֽוֹ
not · you · from east · LORD · God(s) my · holy my · not · to die · LORD · to/for judgment · to put him · and rock · to reprove · to found him
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טְה֤וֹר עֵינַ֨יִם֙ מֵרְא֣וֹת רָ֔ע וְהַבִּ֥יט אֶל עָמָ֖ל לֹ֣א תוּכָ֑ל לָ֤מָּה תַבִּיט֙ בּֽוֹגְדִ֔ים תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁ בְּבַלַּ֥ע רָשָׁ֖ע צַדִּ֥יק מִמֶּֽנּוּ
purity of · eyes · from to see · evil · and to look · to · toil · not · to prevail · to/for what · to look · betraying · to plough · in/at to swallow up · wicked · righteous · from him
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וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ
and to do · man · like/as fish of · the sea · like/as creeping things · not · ruling · in/at him
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כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּחַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ עַל כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח וְיָגִֽיל
all her · in/at hook · to go up · to drag away him · in/at devoted thing his · and to gather him · in/at net his · upon · thus · to rejoice · and to rejoice
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עַל כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י בָהֵ֨מָּה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן חֶלְק֔וֹ וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ בְּרִאָֽה
upon · thus · to sacrifice · to/for devoted thing his · and to burn incense · to/for net his · that · in/at they · fat · portion his · and food his · fat
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הַ֥עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמ֑וֹ וְתָמִ֛יד לַהֲרֹ֥ג גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יַחְמֽוֹל
upon · thus · to empty · devoted thing his · and continually · to kill · nations · not · to spare
About this chapter
- 17 Verses
- 197 Hebrew words
- 138 Distinct lemmas
1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 1:7. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
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