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Nahum 2:7

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

KJV

Et miles captivus abductus est, et ancillæ ejus minabantur gementes ut columbæ, murmurantes in cordibus suis.

Vulgate

πύλαι τῶν πόλεων διηνοίχθησαν, καὶ τὰ βασίλεια διέπεσεν,

LXX

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

ASV

שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַ/נְּהָר֖וֹת נִפְתָּ֑חוּ וְ/הַֽ/הֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
נָמ֖וֹג
nmvg
verb · 17×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Isa 59:11 — We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.