Nahum 2:6
Strong's Lexicon
The river
הַנְּהָר֖וֹת (han·nə·hā·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5104: 1) stream, river 1a) stream, river 1b) (underground) streams

gates
שַׁעֲרֵ֥י (ša·‘ă·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

are thrown open,
נִפְתָּ֑חוּ (nip̄·tā·ḥū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6605: 1) to open 1a) (Qal) to open 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to free 1c2) to loosen 1c3) to open, open oneself 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself 2) to carve, engrave 2a) (Piel) to engrave 2b) (Pual) to be engraved

and the palace
וְהַֽהֵיכָ֖ל (wə·ha·hê·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1964: 1) palace, temple, nave, sanctuary 1a) palace 1b) temple (palace of God as king) 1c) hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple) 1d) temple (of heavenly temple)

erodes away.
נָמֽוֹג׃ (nā·mō·wḡ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4127: 1) to melt, cause to melt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to melt, faint 1a2) to cause to melt 1b) (Niphal) to melt away 1c) (Polel) to soften, dissolve, dissipate 1d) (Hithpolel) to melt, flow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

Young's Literal Translation
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.

New American Standard Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.

King James Bible
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

New Living Translation
The river gates have been torn open! The palace is about to collapse!

English Standard Version
The river gates are opened; the palace melts away;

New American Standard Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.

King James Bible
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.

International Standard Version
The river gates will be opened, and the palace will collapse.

NET Bible
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

American Standard Version
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

English Revised Version
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Young's Literal Translation
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
















Cross References
Nahum 2:5
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

Nahum 2:7
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.

Nahum 3:13
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

Nahum 1:1
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 2:4
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Nahum 2:9
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
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