Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #373147

OSHB Nah 1:2 נֹקֵם (noqēm) Strongs=5358 Lemma=‘נָקַם’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_avenging’ word gloss=‘avenging’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-713 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Nahum

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Other uses (1) of identical word form נֹקֵם (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נֹקֵם’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[is]_avenging’.

NAH 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_avenging’ word gloss=‘takes_vengeance’ OSHB NAH 1:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2 is_a _god jealous and_avenging YHWH YHWH is_avenging and_a _master _of rage YHWH is_avenging to_his _of_foes and_is_keeping he to_his _of_enemies. (NAH_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 Yahweh is a jealous God who avenges.
⇔ ≈ Yahweh avenges and is full of anger.
⇔ He takes vengeance on his opponents,
⇔ ≈ and he continues to be angry with his enemies. (NAH 1:2)