Habakkuk 3:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Young's Literal Translation
Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes—saying, ‘Pause!’ [With] rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

King James Bible
Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Hebrew
You brandished
עֶרְיָ֤ה (‘er·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6181: Nakedness

Your bow;
קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ (qaš·te·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

You called for
אֹ֣מֶר (’ō·mer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 562: Promise, speech, thing, word

many arrows.
מַטּ֖וֹת (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

Selah
סֶ֑לָה (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause

You split
תְּבַקַּע־ (tə·ḇaq·qa‘-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

the earth
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

with rivers.
נְהָר֖וֹת (nə·hā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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