Nahum 2:7 KJV

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.

Words Then and Now

  • tabering beating on a drum or the breast Still heard today: the tabor, a small drum, still played with a pipe in folk music

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • Nineveh's destruction foretoldNineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular...

Cross References

  • Isaiah 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.
  • Isaiah 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.
  • Isaiah 32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
  • Luke 23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
  • Luke 23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

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Topics

  • Assyria Prophecies concerning Assyria
  • Huzzab Probably a region east of the Tigris
  • Nahum Foretells the destruction of Nineveh
  • Nineveh Nahum prophesies against Nineveh

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Huzzab וְהֻצַּב wĕhuṣṣab נָצַב Verb · hophal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • shall be led away captive גֻּלְּתָה gullĕtâ גָּלָה Verb · pual perfect, third person feminine singular
  • she shall be brought up הֹעֲלָתָה hōʿălātâ עָלָה Verb · hophal perfect, third person feminine singular
  • and her maids וְאַמְהֹתֶיהָ wĕʾamhōtêhā אָמָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person feminine singular
  • shall lead מְנַהֲגוֹת mĕnahăgôt נָהַג Verb · piel active participle, feminine plural
  • as with the voice כְּקוֹל kĕqôl קוֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of doves יוֹנִים yônîm יוֹנָה Noun · feminine plural
  • tabering מְתֹפְפֹת mĕtōpĕpōt תָּפַף Verb · poel active participle, feminine plural
  • upon their breasts עַל ʿal Preposition לִבְבֵהֶן libbēhen לֵבָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person feminine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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