King James Version

Nahum 1:4

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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גּוֹעֵ֤רgoercorruptגָּעַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “corrupt”, a verb used as a describing wordH1605to chidecorrupt, rebuke, reprove.בַּיָּם֙bayamin seaיָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וַֽיַּבְּשֵׁ֔הוּvayabshehvand be ashamedיָבֵשׁconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be ashamed”, the next action in the storyH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַנְּהָר֖וֹתhanharotthe floodנָהָרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.הֶֽחֱרִ֑יבhecherivdesolateחָרַבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desolate”, a completed actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.אֻמְלַ֤לumlalbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.בָּשָׁן֙bashanBashanבָּשָׁןnoun, proper name — “Bashan”H1316Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the JordanBashan.וְכַרְמֶ֔לvekharmeland Carmelכַּרְמֶלconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Carmel”H3760Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in PalestineCarmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).וּפֶ֥רַחuferachand blossomפֶּרַחconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and blossom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6525a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloomblossom, bud, flower.לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonLebanonלְבָנוֹןnoun, proper name — “Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.אֻמְלָֽלumlalbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Young’s Literal Translation

He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing [are] Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.

World English Bible

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.

Darby Translation

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Douay-Rheims

He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the dower of Libanus fadeth away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing trees of Libanus have come to nought.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπειλῶν θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ξηραίνων αὐτὴν, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ποταμοὺς ἐξερημῶν· ὠλιγώθη ἡ Βασανίτις, καὶ ὁ Κάρμηλος, καὶ τὰ ἐξανθοῦντα τοῦ Λιβάνου ἐξέλιπε.