17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Nahum 3:17:1 ⧉מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙minnezarayikhyour crowned ones or your princes Nahum 3:17:2 ⧉כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הkaarbelike the locust Nahum 3:17:3 ⧉וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְvetafeserayikhand your scribes Nahum 3:17:4 ⧉כְּג֣וֹבkegovlike a swarm or like a locust-mass Nahum 3:17:5 ⧉גֹּבָ֑יgovaiof locusts or swarming ones Nahum 3:17:6 ⧉הַֽחוֹנִ֤יםhakhonimthe ones camping or the ones settling Nahum 3:17:7 ⧉בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙baggederotin the stone-walls or in the fences Nahum 3:17:8 ⧉בְּי֣וֹםbeyomin a day Nahum 3:17:9 ⧉קָרָ֔הkaraof cold Nahum 3:17:10 ⧉שֶׁ֤מֶשׁshemeshsun Nahum 3:17:11 ⧉זָֽרְחָה֙zarkhahas risen or rose Nahum 3:17:12 ⧉וְנוֹדַ֔דvenodadand it flees or and it wanders away Nahum 3:17:13 ⧉וְלֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥עvelonodaand not is it known Nahum 3:17:14 ⧉מְקוֹמ֖וֹmekomoits place Nahum 3:17:15 ⧉אַיָּֽם׃aiyamwhere they are |
17. Formal Translation Your crowned ones are like the locust, and your officers are like a swarm of locusts who encamp in the fences on a cold day; when the sun rises they depart, and their place is not known—where are they? |
17. Dynamic Translation Your leaders swarm like locusts, and your commanders gather like grasshoppers on the city walls on a chilly morning. But as soon as the sun appears they scatter, and no one knows where they went. |