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Nahum 1

Nah. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The burden
massa' (Hebrew #4853)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Pronounce: mas-saw'
Origin: from 5375
of Nineveh
Niynveh (Hebrew #5210)
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
KJV usage: Nineveh.
Pronounce: nee-nev-ay'
Origin: of foreign origin
. The book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
of the vision
chazown (Hebrew #2377)
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zone'
Origin: from 2372
of Nahum
Nachuwm (Hebrew #5151)
comfortable; Nachum, an Israelite prophet
KJV usage: Nahum.
Pronounce: nakh-oom'
Origin: from 5162
the Elkoshite
'Elqoshiy (Hebrew #512)
an Elkoshite or native of Elkosh
KJV usage: Elkoshite.
Pronounce: el-ko-shee'
Origin: patrial from a name of uncertain derivation
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-15:  The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.
burden.
Nineveh.
 Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John 7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah and Nahum were both Galileans. (Nahum by W. Kelly)
 “The burden of Nineveh” means the heavy sentence of God against that famous city, a phrase customary in the prophets. (Nahum 1 by W. Kelly)
 It has its fulfillment in end-time prophecy of the Lord’s judgment of Gog and his confederacy (Ezek. 38-39). (The Prophecies of Nahum by B. Anstey)
 This is the Winepress judgment (Isa. 34:1-10; 63:1-6; Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:17-20). (The Prophecies of Nahum by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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hThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

JND Translation Notes

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* (The title of this book, "Nahum"), Said to mean "Comfort" or "Comforted."