Hebrew Interlinear

Zephaniah 2:13 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Zephaniah 2:13, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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

Geographic Context

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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