Nahum 2:8 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	But Nineveh	וְנִינְוֵ֥ה	h5210
1	like a pool	כִבְרֵֽכַת	h1295
2	of water	מַ֖יִם	h4325
3	is of old	מִ֣ימֵי	h3117
4		הִ֑יא	h1931
5		וְהֵ֣מָּה	h1992
6	yet they shall flee away	נָסִ֔ים	h5127
8	Stand	עֲמֹ֖דוּ	h5975
8	Stand	עֲמֹ֖דוּ	h5975
9		וְאֵ֥ין	h369
10	shall they cry but none shall look back	מַפְנֶֽה׃	h6437

Other Translations

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, `they cry'; but none looketh back.

And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.

Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.

And Nineveh `is' as a pool of waters, From of old it `is' -- and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!