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Nahum 3:15

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

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שָׁ֚םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְtokhlekheeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אֵ֔שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְtakhritekhecovenantכָּרַתverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “covenant”, an unfinished actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.חֶ֔רֶבcherevknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְtokhlekheeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.כַּיָּ֑לֶקkayaleqas cankerwormיֶלֶקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as cankerworm”, the ordinary formH3218a devourer; specifically, the young locustcankerworm, caterpillar.הִתְכַּבֵּ֣דhitkabedbe chargeableכָּבַדverb, hithpael, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be chargeable”, a commandH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…כַּיֶּ֔לֶקkayeleqas cankerwormיֶלֶקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as cankerworm”, the ordinary formH3218a devourer; specifically, the young locustcankerworm, caterpillar.הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖יhitkabdibe chargeableכָּבַדverb, hithpael, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “be chargeable”, a commandH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…כָּאַרְבֶּֽהkaarbehas locustאַרְבֶּהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as locust”, the ordinary formH697a locust (from its rapid increase)grasshopper, locust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the canker-worm; make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

Young’s Literal Translation

There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.

World English Bible

There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

Darby Translation

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.

Douay-Rheims

There shall the fire devour thee: thou shalt perish by the sword, it shall devour thee like the bruchus: assemble together like the bruchus, make thyself many like the locust.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the canker-worm; make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There the fire shall devour thee; the sword shall utterly destroy thee, it shall devour thee as the locust, and thou shalt be pressed down as a palmerworm.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκεῖ καταφάγεταί σε πῦρ, ἐξολοθρεύσει σε ῥομφαία, καταφάγεταί σε ὡς ἀκρὶς, καὶ βαρυνθήσῃ ὡς βροῦχος.