אֵין־כֵּהָ֣ה לְשִׁבְרֶ֔ךָ נַחְלָ֖ה מַכָּתֶ֑ךָ כֹּ֣ל שֹׁמְעֵ֣י שִׁמְעֲךָ֗ תָּ֤קְעוּ כַף֙ עָלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֗י עַל־מִ֛י לֹֽא־עָבְרָ֥ה רָעָתְךָ֖ תָּמִֽיד׃
There is no easing of your fracture. Your wound is incurable. All who hear the report about you clap the hand over you, for upon whom has your evil not passed continually?
Morphology
- אֵין (en) — Root: אין (ʾen); Form: Negative existential particle; Translation: “there is no”; Notes: Introduces a permanent negation.
- כֵּהָה (kehah) — Root: כהה (kahah); Form: Adjective feminine singular; Translation: “easing”; Notes: Means dulling, relief, or softening of pain.
- לְשִׁבְרֶךָ (le-shivrecha) — Root: שׁבר (shavar); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine singular construct + suffix 2ms; Translation: “to your fracture”; Notes: Metaphor for catastrophic collapse.
- נַחְלָה (naḥlah) — Root: נחל (naḥal); Form: Niphal perfect 3fs; Translation: “is incurable”; Notes: Describes a wound that cannot be restored.
- מַכָּתֶךָ (makatekha) — Root: נכה (nakah); Form: Noun feminine singular + suffix 2ms; Translation: “your wound”; Notes: Injury inflicted by divine judgment.
- כֹּל (kol) — Root: כל (kol); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “all”; Notes: Universal statement concerning those who hear.
- שֹׁמְעֵי (shomʿei) — Root: שׁמע (shamaʿ); Form: Qal participle masculine plural construct; Translation: “those who hear”; Notes: Part of a construct chain with “your report.”
- שִׁמְעֲךָ (shimʿakha) — Root: שׁמע (shamaʿ); Form: Noun masculine singular + suffix 2ms; Translation: “your report”; Notes: The news of Nineveh’s fall.
- תָּקְעוּ (taqʿu) — Root: תקע (taqaʿ); Form: Qal perfect 3cp; Translation: “they have clapped”; Notes: Expresses triumph or satisfaction at judgment.
- כַף (kaf) — Root: כף (kaf); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “the hand”; Notes: Symbolic gesture.
- עָלֶיךָ (ʿalekha) — Root: על (ʿal); Form: Preposition עַל + suffix 2ms; Translation: “over you”; Notes: Gesture directed toward the fallen city.
- כִּי (ki) — Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces the reason for the reaction.
- עַל (ʿal) — Root: על (ʿal); Form: Preposition; Translation: “upon”; Notes: Begins a rhetorical question.
- מִי (mi) — Root: מי (mi); Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “whom?”; Notes: Stresses universal impact.
- לֹא־עָבְרָה (lo-ʿavrah) — Root: עבר (avar); Form: Qal perfect 3fs with negative; Translation: “has not passed”; Notes: Past action referring to pervasive evil.
- רָעָתְךָ (raʿatkha) — Root: רעע (raʿah); Form: Noun feminine singular + suffix 2ms; Translation: “your evil”; Notes: Nineveh’s cruelty and oppression.
- תָּמִיד (tamid) — Root: תמיד (tamid); Form: Adverb; Translation: “continually”; Notes: Indicates unrelenting wrongdoing.