Nahum 3:7
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”
נוּד
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
בָּקַשׁ
will I seek
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בָּקַשׁ
Seek, search. Baqash. To search diligently. Seek the LORD while He may be found. This is not passive looking but intense searching with your whole heart.
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מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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רָאָה
those who see/ you
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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נָדַד
he will flee
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נָדַד
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
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שָׁדַד
it is devastated
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שָׁדַד
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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נָחַם
comforters
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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מִן
from/ you
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
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