Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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What are some of the most interesting Hebrew language insights from Habakkuk 1? In this episode Matthew Delaney (MA Biblical Literature and Semitic Languages) shares a variety of insights from this chapter of the Hebrew Bible. Everything is shared in such a way that people with no knowledge of Hebrew will be able to benefit from this.

Chapters
0:00-1:38 Intro
1:39-3:28 Unhelpful Chapter Division
3:29-7:37 Reading Habakkuk 1:1-12 in Hebrew
7:38-10:20 Brief Overview of Habakkuk
10:21-19:11 “How Long” in the Hebrew Bible
19:12-26:32 Oracle or Burden?
26:33-31:17 Why God’s Response to Habakkuk is Plural
31:18-31:38 Hebrew Bible Book Club
31:39-35:27 Wordplay in Habakkuk 1
35:28-40:37 Echoes of the Promised Land in Habakkuk
40:38-43:05 How Hebrew Communicates the Speed of Horses
43:06-46:21 Trusting in the Power of God - Connection to Psalm 2
46:22-46:49 Outro

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