Habakkuk 1:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? ”
כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
חָמַל
will he spare?
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חָמַל
Spare, have compassion. Chamal. To feel pity and act on it. As a father has compassion on his children so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
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חֵרֶם
net/ his
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חֵרֶם
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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רוּק
will he empty
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רוּק
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
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