Nahum 2:4
"The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

The chariots shall rage in the streets,.... In the streets of Nineveh when taken; where they shall be drove in a furious manner from place to place, the men in them breathing out slaughter and death wherever they came. Kimchi understands this of the chariots

of the Ninevites; who shall drive about in them in the streets of the city like madmen; not daring to go out to fight the enemy, being mightier and more numerous than they. They shall justle one against another in the broad ways; because of their numbers, and the haste they shall make to spoil and plunder the city; or the Ninevites shall justle one against another, in their hurry and confusion to make their escape. They shall seem like torches; either the chariots of the Medes and Chaldeans, for the reasons given in the preceding verse Nah 2:3 ; or they themselves, because of their fierceness and cruelty; or the faces of the Ninevites, being covered with shame, so Kimchi; see Isa 13:8 . They shall run like the lightnings; exceeding swiftly, with irresistible force and power; the above writer interprets this of the Ninevites also, running from one end of their city to the other in the utmost confusion, not knowing what to do; but the whole of these two verses Nah 2:3 seem to be a description of their enemies.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (13 words)

H4043 מָגֵן
Definition:

27, &feminine1Kings 10:17,shield(Arabic, Aramaicמְגִנָּא,) —מָגֵןGenesis 15:133t. (also constructDeuteronomy 33:29;Nahum 2:4); suffixמָגִנִּיPsalm 7:115t.;מָגִנֵּנוּPsalm 33:203t.;מָגִנָּםPsalm 115:9; 27, &feminine1Kings 10:17,shield(Arabic, Aramaicמְגִנָּא,) —מָגֵןGenesis 15:133t. (also constructDeuteronomy 33:29;Nahum 2:4); suffixמָגִנִּיPsalm 7:115t.;מָגִנֵּנוּPsalm 33:203t.;מָגִנָּםPsalm 115:9;

Possible Meanings:
  • deliver up (semantic_range)
  • deliver (semantic_range)
H1368 גִּבּוֹר
Definition:

95t.;גִּבֹּרGenesis 10:82t.;גִּבּוֺרָם1 Samuel 17:51; pluralגִּבּוֺרִיםJeremiah 46:927t.;גִּבֹּרִיםJoshua 10:221t.; constructגִּבּוֺרֵי1 Chronicles 11:2729t.;גִּבֹּרֵי1 Chronicles 9:264t.; suffixגִּבּ 95t.;גִּבֹּרGenesis 10:82t.;גִּבּוֺרָם1 Samuel 17:51; pluralגִּבּוֺרִיםJeremiah 46:927t.;גִּבֹּרִיםJoshua 10:221t.; constructגִּבּוֺרֵי1 Chronicles 11:2729t.;גִּבֹּרֵי1 Chronicles 9:264t.; suffixגִּבּ

Possible Meanings:
  • strong (semantic_range)
  • mighty (semantic_range)
H0119 אָדָם
Definition:

7;Pu`alParticiple reddened, dyed red,מְאָדָּםNahum 2:4(of shield),מְאָדָּמִיםof rams' skinsExodus 25:5;Exodus 26:14;Exodus 35:7,23;Exodus 36:19;Exodus 39:34(all P).Hithpa`elImperfect redden, groworloo 7;Pu`alParticiple reddened, dyed red,מְאָדָּםNahum 2:4(of shield),מְאָדָּמִיםof rams' skinsExodus 25:5;Exodus 26:14;Exodus 35:7,23;Exodus 36:19;Exodus 39:34(all P).Hithpa`elImperfect redden, groworloo

Possible Meanings:
  • carnelian (semantic_range)
  • redness (semantic_range)
H0376 אִישׁ
Definition:

23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ 23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ

Possible Meanings:
  • man (semantic_range)
H2428 חַיִל
Definition:

2strength, efficiency, wealth, army; — absolute׳חGenesis 47:6+,חָ֑יִלPsalm 60:14+,חָ֑יִלPsalm 60:14+,חֵילIsaiah 36:2;2 Kings 18:17; constructחֵילExodus 14:28+ (onPsalm 10:10seeחלכה); suffixחֵילִיJob 3 2strength, efficiency, wealth, army; — absolute׳חGenesis 47:6+,חָ֑יִלPsalm 60:14+,חָ֑יִלPsalm 60:14+,חֵילIsaiah 36:2;2 Kings 18:17; constructחֵילExodus 14:28+ (onPsalm 10:10seeחלכה); suffixחֵילִיJob 3

Possible Meanings:
  • power (semantic_range)
H8529 תָּלַע
Definition:

4(""מְאָדָּם).Topical LexiconIntroductionStrong’s Hebrew number 8529, תָּלַע (tālaʿ), occurs only once in the Hebrew Scriptures, atNahum 2:3. Though lexicons render it “brandished,” “made to quiver,” 4(""מְאָדָּם).Topical LexiconIntroductionStrong’s Hebrew number 8529, תָּלַע (tālaʿ), occurs only once in the Hebrew Scriptures, atNahum 2:3. Though lexicons render it “brandished,” “made to quiver,”

Possible Meanings:
  • clad in scarlet (semantic_range)
H0784 אֵשׂ
Definition:

23(masculineJeremiah 48:45;Psalm 104:4;**masculineis dubious:Numbers 16:18readעָלֶיהָfor 2ndעֲלֵיהֶם(ᵐ5B);Jeremiah 20:9see Ges§ 132 d;Jeremiah 48:45read (many MSS.,Numbers 21:23)יצאה;Psalm 104:4read p 23(masculineJeremiah 48:45;Psalm 104:4;**masculineis dubious:Numbers 16:18readעָלֶיהָfor 2ndעֲלֵיהֶם(ᵐ5B);Jeremiah 20:9see Ges§ 132 d;Jeremiah 48:45read (many MSS.,Numbers 21:23)יצאה;Psalm 104:4read p

Possible Meanings:
  • foundation (semantic_range)
H6393 פְלָדָה
Definition:

4<׳כָּאֵשׁ מִּלְדֹת וגוWe Now,like fire the steel(fittings)of the chariots.Topical LexiconBiblical Occurrence and Contextפְלָדָה appears once, inNahum 2:3, within the prophet’s vivid description of Ni 4<׳כָּאֵשׁ מִּלְדֹת וגוWe Now,like fire the steel(fittings)of the chariots.Topical LexiconBiblical Occurrence and Contextפְלָדָה appears once, inNahum 2:3, within the prophet’s vivid description of Ni

Possible Meanings:
  • iron (semantic_range)
H7393 רֶכֶב
Definition:

7[evenNahum 2:5, where readמַרְאֵיהֶם(forהֶן-) We Now AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 90]chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare LagBN 151); — absolute׳רGenesis 50:9+,רָ֑כֶב2 Samuel 8:4+; 7[evenNahum 2:5, where readמַרְאֵיהֶם(forהֶן-) We Now AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 90]chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare LagBN 151); — absolute׳רGenesis 50:9+,רָ֑כֶב2 Samuel 8:4+;

Possible Meanings:
  • band of riders (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H3559 כּוּן
Definition:

46; 3pluralנָכ֫וֺנוּProverbs 19:29;נָכֹּ֫נוּEzekiel 16:7;ImperfectיִכּוֺןProverbs 12:3+; 3 feminine singularתִּכּוֺןJeremiah 30:20+;וַתִּכֹּן1 Kings 2:12; 2Chronicles 8:16, etc.;ImperativeהִכּוֺןAmos 46; 3pluralנָכ֫וֺנוּProverbs 19:29;נָכֹּ֫נוּEzekiel 16:7;ImperfectיִכּוֺןProverbs 12:3+; 3 feminine singularתִּכּוֺןJeremiah 30:20+;וַתִּכֹּן1 Kings 2:12; 2Chronicles 8:16, etc.;ImperativeהִכּוֺןAmos

Possible Meanings:
  • cake (semantic_range)
  • sacrificial cake (semantic_range)
H1265 בְּרוֹשׁ
Definition:

9cypress or fir(AssyrianburâšuCOTGlossaryAramaicבּרוֺתא,, compareבְּרוֺתbelow, see also Greekβράθυ, Latinbratum, cypress, juniper(PS); in favour ofcypress, alsoᵐ5ᵑ6& so Thes; in favour offirorpine,ᵑ9R 9cypress or fir(AssyrianburâšuCOTGlossaryAramaicבּרוֺתא,, compareבְּרוֺתbelow, see also Greekβράθυ, Latinbratum, cypress, juniper(PS); in favour ofcypress, alsoᵐ5ᵑ6& so Thes; in favour offirorpine,ᵑ9R

H7477 רָעַל
Definition:

4are made to quiver.See also [עָרַל].Topical LexiconRoot Conceptרָעַל evokes a sudden, violent motion—something that quivers, reels, or is swung with force. It paints the picture of an object so alive 4are made to quiver.See also [עָרַל].Topical LexiconRoot Conceptרָעַל evokes a sudden, violent motion—something that quivers, reels, or is swung with force. It paints the picture of an object so alive

Possible Meanings:
  • reeling (semantic_range)

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