Nahum 3:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

Young's Literal Translation
Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

King James Bible
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

Hebrew
Draw
שַֽׁאֲבִי־ (ša·’ă·ḇî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7579: To bale up water

your
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

water
מֵ֤י (mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

for the siege;
מָצוֹר֙ (mā·ṣō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

strengthen
חַזְּקִ֖י (ḥaz·zə·qî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

your fortresses.
מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ (miḇ·ṣā·rā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender

Work
בֹּ֧אִי (bō·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the clay
בַטִּ֛יט (ḇaṭ·ṭîṭ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2916: Mud, clay, calamity

and tread
וְרִמְסִ֥י (wə·rim·sî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7429: To tread upon

the mortar;
בַחֹ֖מֶר (ḇa·ḥō·mer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure

repair
הַחֲזִ֥יקִי (ha·ḥă·zî·qî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the brick [kiln]!
מַלְבֵּֽן׃ (mal·bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4404: A brick mold, quadrangle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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