Habakkuk 1:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Young's Literal Translation
And at kings it doth scoff, And princes [are] a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

King James Bible
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

Hebrew
They
וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

scoff at
יִתְקַלָּ֔ס (yiṯ·qal·lās)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7046: To disparage, ridicule

kings
בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים (bam·mə·lā·ḵîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

and {make} rulers
וְרֹזְנִ֖ים (wə·rō·zə·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7336: To be weighty, judicious or commanding

an object of scorn.
מִשְׂחָ֣ק (miś·ḥāq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4890: Object of derision

They
ה֚וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

laugh
יִשְׂחָ֔ק (yiś·ḥāq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play

at every
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

fortress
מִבְצָ֣ר (miḇ·ṣār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender

and build up
וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר (way·yiṣ·bōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6651: To aggregate

siege ramps
עָפָ֖ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

to seize it.
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ (way·yil·kə·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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