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Nahum 2:2 - Dasheth

Nahum 2:2 - For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
For	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
the LORD	H3068	יְהֹוָה	[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God
hath turned away	H7725	שׁוּב	[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again
the excellency	H1347	גָּאוֹן	[Noun Masculine] the same as H1346
of Jacob	H3290	יַעֲקֹב	[Proper Name Masculine] heel catcher (that {is} supplanter); {Jaakob} the Israelitish patriarch
as the excellency	H1347	גָּאוֹן	[Noun Masculine] the same as H1346
of Israel	H3478	יִשְׂרָאֵל	[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
for	H3588	כִּי	[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
the emptiers	H1238	בָּקַק	[Verb] to pour {out} that {is} to {empty} figuratively to depopulate; by analogy to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
have emptied	H1238	בָּקַק	[Verb] to pour {out} that {is} to {empty} figuratively to depopulate; by analogy to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
them out and marred	H7843	שָׁחַת	[Verb] to {decay} that {is} (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
their vine branches	H2156	זְמוֹרָה	[Noun] a twig (as pruned)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.