Nahum 3:8 Hebrew Word Analysis

0Art thou betterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙h3190
1Noמִנֹּ֣אh4996
2than populousאָמ֔וֹןh527
3that was situateהַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙h3427
4among the riversבַּיְאֹרִ֔יםh2975
5that had the watersמַ֖יִםh4325
6round aboutסָבִ֣יבh5439
7לָ֑הּh0
8אֲשֶׁרh834
9it whose rampartחֵ֣ילh2426
11was from the seaמִיָּ֖םh3220
11was from the seaמִיָּ֖םh3220
12and her wallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃h2346

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, `and' her wall was of the sea?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

Darby English Bible (DBY)

Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?

World English Bible (WEB)

Are you better than No-Amon,{or, Thebes} who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark `is' the sea, waters her wall.