Hebrew Interlinear

Zephaniah 2:13 Interlinear

And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְיֵ֤טH5186And he will stretch outto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
2יָדוֹ֙H3027his handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4צָפ֔וֹןH6828against the northproperly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
5וִֽיאַבֵּ֖דH6and destroyproperly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7אַשּׁ֑וּרH804Assyriaashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
8וְיָשֵׂ֤םH7760and will maketo put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10נִֽינְוֵה֙H5210Ninevehnineveh, the capital of assyria
11לִשְׁמָמָ֔הH8077a desolationdevastation; figuratively, astonishment
12צִיָּ֖הH6723and dryaridity; concretely, a desert
13כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃H4057like a wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

Verse Context

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Zephaniah 2:13 (current)And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation and dry like a wilderness
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