Nahum 1:10
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Likeעַד־
(ad-)
5704: as far as, even to, up to, until, whilefrom adah
tangledסְבֻכִ֔ים
(se·vu·chim,)
5440: to interweavea prim. root
thorns,סִירִ֣ים
(si·rim)
5518b: a thorn, hookfrom the same as sir
And like those who are drunkenסְבוּאִ֑ים
(se·vu·'im;)
5433a: to imbibe, drink largelya prim. root
with their drink,וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם
(u·che·sa·ve·'am)
5435: a drink, liquorfrom saba
They are consumedאֻ֨כְּל֔וּ
(uk·ke·lu,)
398: to eata prim. root
As stubbleכְּקַ֥שׁ
(ke·kash)
7179: stubble, chafffrom an unused word
completely 
 
4392: fullfrom male
withered.יָבֵ֖שׁ
(ya·vesh)
3002: dry, driedfrom yabesh


















KJV Lexicon
For while they be folden together
cabak  (saw-bak')
to entwine -- fold together, wrap.
as thorns
ciyr  (seer)
a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook -- caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.
and while they are drunken
caba'  (saw-baw')
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy -- drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber.
as drunkards
cobe'  (so'-beh)
potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal) -- drink, drunken, wine.
they shall be devoured
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
as stubble
qash  (kash)
straw (as dry) -- stubble.
fully
male'  (maw-lay')
full or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully -- she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
dry
yabesh  (yaw-bashe')
dry -- dried (away), dry.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble completely withered.

King James Bible
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

International Standard Version
Indeed, while tangled as by a thorn bush, while drunken as by a strong drink, the Ninevites will be burned like dry straw.

NET Bible
Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[The people of Nineveh will be] like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw.

King James 2000 Bible
For while they are entangled together as thorns, and while they are drunk as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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