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Habakkukchapter 2

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Habakkuk 2— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Habakkuk 2. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Standing on the watchtower: the just shall live by faith1

Habakkuk 2:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

עַל־ʾal-atH5921מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣יmishmartipost myH4931אֶעֱמֹ֔דָהʾeemodahI will standH5975וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖הveetyatzevahand I will take my standH3320עַל־ʾal-onH5921מָצ֑וֹרmatzor[the] fortificationH4692וַאֲצַפֶּ֗הvaatzapehso I may watchH6822לִרְאוֹת֙lirotto seeH7200מַה־mah-what?H4100יְדַבֶּר־yedaber-will he speakH1696בִּ֔יbiby meוּמָ֥הumahand what?H4100אָשִׁ֖יבʾashivwill I bring backH7725עַל־ʾal-onH5921תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃tokhachticomplaint myH8433

Rashi on Habakkuk 2:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
On my watch I will stand Habakkuk dug a circular hole, stood within it, and said, “I will not budge from here until I hear what He will say to me concerning this, my question why He looks and sees the prosperity of a wicked man.”

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Habakkuk 2:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יָעַ֥צְתָּyaatztayou have plannedH3289בֹּ֖שֶׁתboshetshameH1322לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָleveitekhafor house yourH1004קְצוֹת־ketzot-by cutting offH7096עַמִּ֥יםʾamimpeoplesH5971רַבִּ֖יםrabimmanyH7227וְחוֹטֵ֥אvechote'and [you have] sinnedH2398נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃nafshekhaself yourH5315

Rashi on Habakkuk 2:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
With this matter, you advised shame for your house For you advised to cut off many peoples, and you caused a loss for yourself.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Habakkuk 2:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּי־ki-forH3588אֶ֖בֶןʾevena stoneH68מִקִּ֣ירmikirfrom [the] wallH7023תִּזְעָ֑קtizakit will cry outH2199וְכָפִ֖יסvekhafisand a rafterH3714מֵעֵ֥ץmeetzfrom [the] wood<s>H6086יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פyaanenahit will answer itH6030

Rashi on Habakkuk 2:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
For a stone For the stones that you stole shall cry from the wall.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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