Hebrew Interlinear
Zephaniah 2:9 Interlinear
“ Therefore as I live saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Surely Moab shall be as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah even the breeding of nettles desolation and a perpetual the residue of my people shall spoil them and the remnant of my people shall possess”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לָכֵ֣ן | H3651 | properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner | |
| 2 | חַי | H2416 | Therefore as I live | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 3 | אָ֡נִי | H589 | i | |
| 4 | נְאֻם֩ | H5002 | saith | an oracle |
| 5 | יְהוָ֨ה | H3068 | the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 6 | צְבָא֜וֹת | H6635 | of hosts | a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci |
| 7 | אֱלֹהֵ֣י | H430 | the God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 8 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 9 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 10 | מוֹאָ֞ב | H4124 | Surely Moab | moab, an incestuous son of lot; also his territory and descendants |
| 11 | כִּסְדֹ֤ם | H5467 | shall be as Sodom | sedom, a place near the dead sea |
| 12 | תִּֽהְיֶה֙ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 13 | וּבְנֵ֤י | H1121 | and the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 14 | עַמּוֹן֙ | H5983 | of Ammon | ammon, a son of lot; also his posterity and their country |
| 15 | כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה | H6017 | as Gomorrah | amorah, a place in palestine |
| 16 | מִמְשַׁ֥ק | H4476 | even the breeding | a possession |
| 17 | חָר֛וּל | H2738 | of nettles | properly, pointed, i.e., a bramble or other thorny weed |
| 18 | וּמִכְרֵה | H953 | a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) | |
| 19 | מֶ֥לַח | H4417 | properly, powder, i.e., (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved) | |
| 20 | וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה | H8077 | desolation | devastation; figuratively, astonishment |
| 21 | עַד | H5704 | and a perpetual | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) |
| 22 | עוֹלָ֑ם | H5769 | properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial | |
| 23 | שְׁאֵרִ֤ית | H7611 | the residue | a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion |
| 24 | עַמִּי֙ | H5971 | of my people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 25 | יְבָזּ֔וּם | H962 | shall spoil | to plunder |
| 26 | וְיֶ֥תֶר | H3499 | them and the remnant | properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free) |
| 27 | גּוֹיִ֖ | H1471 | of my people | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
| 28 | יִנְחָלֽוּם׃ | H5157 | shall possess | to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate |
Verse Context
Zephaniah 2:8I have heard the reproach of Moab and the revilings of the children of Ammon...
Zephaniah 2:9 (current) Therefore as I live saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Surely Moab shall be as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah even the breeding of nettles desolation and a perpetual the residue of my people shall spoil them and the remnant of my people shall possess
Zephaniah 2:10 This shall they have for their pride because they have reproached...