- The term shigyonot is unusual; in the context of this chapter could it mean “supplication”?
- To whom is the tefillah addressed?
- How might the phrase “God comes from Teman” be understood?
- Why might there be no reference here to Sinai?
- In Habakkuk 3:4 is the identificationof the Divine with light or with darkness?
- Does Habakkuk 3:5 indicate that the Divine (poetically) is immune to any force?
- In Habakkuk 3:10, as part of the description of the Divine, reference is made to “the roaring of the deep” — is there another meaning for “tehom”?
- Following the description of the Divine in these terms, what is the purpose of “God’s emergence” (Habakkuk 3:13)?
- How does the prophet react to the vision of the Divine (Habakkuk 3:16)?
- Habakkuk 3:17 indicates a “failure of nature” — and how does this relate to the closing refrains of Habakkuk 3:18-19?
- Would the prophet be asserting that, irrespective, his faith in the Divine is unshaken, circumstance and event to the contrary notwithstanding?
- Why would this particular passage be read on the second day of Shavuot as the haftarah?
