Commentary for Nahum 2:11
בּוּקָ֥ה וּמְבוּקָ֖ה וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑ה וְלֵ֨ב נָמֵ֜ס וּפִ֣ק בִּרְכַּ֗יִם וְחַלְחָלָה֙ בְּכָל־מָתְנַ֔יִם וּפְנֵ֥י כֻלָּ֖ם קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃
She is empty, and void, and waste; And the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, And convulsion is in all loins, And the faces of them all have gathered blackness.
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Empty Heb. בּוּקָה.
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yea, emptied out Heb. וּמְבוּקָה, and emptied out through emptiers.
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and breached Heb. וּמְבֻלָּקָה, breached in its walls: espartide in O.F.
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the knees stumble Heb. וּפִק, the stumbling of the knees, as, in (I Sam. 25:31) “As a stumbling block and a remorse.”
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have gathered blackness Heb. פָארוּר, blackness like a pot.
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