--- title: Nahum 2 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Nahum chapter 2 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perfo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Nahum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM/) / chapter 2 # Nahum 2 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.1/) — הִנֵּה עַל־הֶהָרִים רַגְלֵי מְבַשֵּׂר מַשְׁמִיעַ שָׁלוֹם חָגִּי יְהוּדָה חַגַּיִךְ שַׁלְּמִי נְדָרָיִךְ כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד לַֽעֲבָר־בָּךְ בְּלִיַּעַל כֻּלֹּה נִכְרָֽת׃ — Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. - [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.2/) — עָלָה מֵפִיץ עַל־פָּנַיִךְ נָצוֹר מְצֻרָה צַפֵּה־דֶרֶךְ חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ מְאֹֽד׃ — A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! — - [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.3/) — כִּי שָׁב יְהוָה אֶת־גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב כִּגְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי בְקָקוּם בֹּֽקְקִים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶם שִׁחֵֽתוּ׃ — For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. — - [2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/) — מָגֵן גִּבֹּרֵיהוּ מְאָדָּם אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל מְתֻלָּעִים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָדוֹת הָרֶכֶב בְּיוֹם הֲכִינוֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃ — The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver. - [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.5/) — בַּֽחוּצוֹת יִתְהוֹלְלוּ הָרֶכֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן בָּרְחֹבוֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן כַּלַּפִּידִם כַּבְּרָקִים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃ — The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings. - [2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.6/) — יִזְכֹּר אַדִּירָיו יִכָּשְׁלוּ בַּהֲלִֽיכָתָם יְמַֽהֲרוּ חֽוֹמָתָהּ וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃ — He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. - [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.7/) — שַׁעֲרֵי הַנְּהָרוֹת נִפְתָּחוּ וְהַֽהֵיכָל נָמֽוֹג׃ — The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. - [2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.8/) — וְהֻצַּב גֻּלְּתָה הֹֽעֲלָתָה וְאַמְהֹתֶיהָ מְנַֽהֲגוֹת כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים מְתֹפְפֹת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃ — And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. - [2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.9/) — וְנִינְוֵה כִבְרֵֽכַת־מַיִם מִימֵי הִיא וְהֵמָּה נָסִים עִמְדוּ עֲמֹדוּ וְאֵין מַפְנֶֽה׃ — But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back. - [2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.10/) — בֹּזּוּ כֶסֶף בֹּזּוּ זָהָב וְאֵין קֵצֶה לַתְּכוּנָה כָּבֹד מִכֹּל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּֽה׃ — Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, rich with all precious vessels. - [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.11/) — בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה וּמְבֻלָּקָה וְלֵב נָמֵס וּפִק בִּרְכַּיִם וְחַלְחָלָה בְּכָל־מָתְנַיִם וּפְנֵי כֻלָּם קִבְּצוּ פָארֽוּר׃ — She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness. - [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.12/) — אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת וּמִרְעֶה הוּא לַכְּפִרִים אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם גּוּר אַרְיֵה וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד׃ — Where is the den of the lions, which was the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? - [2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.13/) — אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף בְּדֵי גֹֽרוֹתָיו וּמְחַנֵּק לְלִבְאֹתָיו וַיְמַלֵּא־טֶרֶף חֹרָיו וּמְעֹֽנֹתָיו טְרֵפָֽה׃ — The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin. - [2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.14/) — הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וְהִבְעַרְתִּי בֶֽעָשָׁן רִכְבָּהּ וּכְפִירַיִךְ תֹּאכַל חָרֶב וְהִכְרַתִּי מֵאֶרֶץ טַרְפֵּךְ וְלֹֽא־יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד קוֹל מַלְאָכֵֽכֵה׃ס — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. - ← previous: [Nahum 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM/1/) - next →: [Nahum 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM/3/) - ↑ back to [Nahum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM/)