Nahum 3:1
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
דָּם
Blood. Dam. The life of a creature is in its blood. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy. It purchased our forgiveness and sealed the new covenant.
מָלֵא
is full
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מָלֵא
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
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עִיר
the city of
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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כֹּל
all of/ it
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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מוּשׁ
it will depart
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מוּשׁ
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
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כַּחַשׁ
lying
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כַּחַשׁ
literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy
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טֶרֶף
prey
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טֶרֶף
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
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פֶּרֶק
plunder
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פֶּרֶק
rapine; also a fork (in roads)
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