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Habakkuk 1:2

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The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.	O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!	Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

O LORD^H3068, how long shall I cry^H7768, and thou wilt not hear^H8085! even cry out^H2199 unto thee of violence^H2555, and thou wilt not save^H3467!

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Original Hebrew

עַד־אָנָה יְהוָה שִׁוַּעְתִּי וְלֹא תִשְׁמָע אֶזְעַק אֵלֶיךָ חָמָס וְלֹא תֹושִׁיעַ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	until
אָ֧נָה	'A.nah	H575	HD	when?
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	O Yahweh
שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי	shi.Va'.ti	H7768	HVpp1cs	have I cried for help
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
תִשְׁמָ֑ע	tish.Ma'	H8085	HVqi2ms	you will hear
אֶזְעַ֥ק	'ez.'Ak	H2199	HVqi1cs	I cry out
אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ	'e.Lei./kha	H413	HR/Sp2ms	to/ you
חָמָ֖ס	cha.Mas	H2555	HNcmsa	violence
וְ/לֹ֥א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
תוֹשִֽׁיעַ	to.Shi.a'	H3467	HVhi2ms	you save

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2199 — זָעַק (zâʻaq, zaw-ak'): a primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly; assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
• H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3467 — יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ, yaw-shah'): a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor; [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
• H7768 — שָׁוַע (shâvaʻ, shaw-vah'): a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble); cry (aloud, out), shout.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H575 — אָן (ʼân, awn): or אָנָה; contracted from אַיִן; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither; [phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

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