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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַהֲצֵרֹ֣תִיH6887And I will bring distressto cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
2לָאָדָ֗םH120upon menruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
3וְהָֽלְכוּ֙H1980that they shall walkto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
4כַּֽעִוְרִ֔יםH5787like blind menblind (literally or figuratively)
5כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6לַֽיהוָ֖הH3068against the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7חָטָ֑אוּH2398because they have sinnedproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
8וְשֻׁפַּ֤ךְH8210shall be poured outto 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
9דָּמָם֙H1818and their bloodblood (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
10כֶּֽעָפָ֔רH6083as dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
11וּלְחֻמָ֖םH3894and their fleshproperly, eaten, i.e., food; also flesh, i.e., body
12כַּגְּלָלִֽים׃H1561as the dungdung (plural balls of dung)

Verse Context

Zephaniah 1:16A day of the trumpet and alarm cities against the fenced...
Zephaniah 1:17 (current)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
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able...

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