Hebrew Interlinear
Zephaniah 1:17 Interlinear
“And I will bring distress upon men that they shall walk like blind men against the LORD because they have sinned shall be poured out and their blood as dust and their flesh as the dung”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַהֲצֵרֹ֣תִי | H6887 | And I will bring distress | to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive |
| 2 | לָאָדָ֗ם | H120 | upon men | ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) |
| 3 | וְהָֽלְכוּ֙ | H1980 | that they shall walk | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 4 | כַּֽעִוְרִ֔ים | H5787 | like blind men | blind (literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | כִּ֥י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 6 | לַֽיהוָ֖ה | H3068 | against the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 7 | חָטָ֑אוּ | H2398 | because they have sinned | properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn |
| 8 | וְשֻׁפַּ֤ךְ | H8210 | shall be poured out | to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc |
| 9 | דָּמָם֙ | H1818 | and their blood | blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe |
| 10 | כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר | H6083 | as dust | dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud |
| 11 | וּלְחֻמָ֖ם | H3894 | and their flesh | properly, eaten, i.e., food; also flesh, i.e., body |
| 12 | כַּגְּלָלִֽים׃ | H1561 | as the dung | dung (plural balls of dung) |
Verse Context
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