King James Version

Nahum 3:1

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

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ה֖וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.עִ֣ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.דָּמִ֑יםdamimblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.כֻּלָּ֗הּkulahallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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).כַּ֤חַשׁkachashleannessכַּחַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leanness”, the ordinary formH3585literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisyleanness, lies, lying.פֶּ֨רֶק֙pereqcrosswayפֶּרֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “crossway”, the ordinary formH6563rapine; also a fork (in roads)crossway, robbery.מְלֵאָ֔הmeleahfruitמְלֵאָהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “fruit”, the ordinary formH4395something fulfilled, i.e. abundance (of produce)(first of ripe) fruit, fulness.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָמִ֖ישׁyamishceaseמוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cease”, an unfinished actionH4185to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.טָֽרֶףtarefleafטֶרֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leaf”, the ordinary formH2964something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodleaf, meat, prey, spoil.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies — burglary — full, Prey doth not depart.

World English Bible

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.

Darby Translation

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὦ πόλις αἱμάτων, ὅλη ψευδὴς, ἀδικίας πλήρης, οὐ ψηλαφηθήσεται θήρα.