Nahum 2:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Young's Literal Translation
And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is]—and they are fleeing! ‘Stand ye, stand;’ and none is turning!

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Nineveh
וְנִינְוֵ֥ה (wə·nî·nə·wêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr

has been like a pool
כִבְרֵֽכַת־ (ḵiḇ·rê·ḵaṯ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1295: A pool, pond

of water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

throughout
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

her days,
מִ֣ימֵי (mî·mê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

but now
וְהֵ֣מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

it is draining away.
נָסִ֔ים (nā·sîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

“Stop!
עִמְד֥וּ (‘im·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

Stop!” they cry,
עֲמֹ֖דוּ (‘ă·mō·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

but no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one turns back.
מַפְנֶֽה׃ (map̄·neh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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