Nahum 3:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

Young's Literal Translation
Because of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.

King James Bible
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Hebrew
because of the many
מֵרֹב֙ (mê·rōḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

harlotries
זְנוּנֵ֣י (zə·nū·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

of the harlot,
זוֹנָ֔ה (zō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

the seductive
חֵ֖ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

mistress
בַּעֲלַ֣ת (ba·‘ă·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1172: A mistress

of sorcery,
כְּשָׁפִ֑ים (kə·šā·p̄îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3785: Sorcery

who betrays
הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת (ham·mō·ḵe·reṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 4376: To sell

nations
גּוֹיִם֙ (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

by her prostitution
בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ (biz·nū·ne·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2183: Adultery, idolatry

and clans
וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת (ū·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

by her witchcraft.
בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃ (biḵ·šā·p̄e·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3785: Sorcery

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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