Hebrew Interlinear

Zephaniah 3:6 Interlinear

I have cut off the nations are desolate their towers waste I made their streets that none passeth by are destroyed their cities so that there is no man that there is none inhabitant

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִכְרַ֣תִּיH3772I have cut offto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
2גוֹיִ֗םH1471the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
3נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙H8074are desolateto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
4פִּנּוֹתָ֔םH6438their towersan angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
5הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּיH2717wasteto parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
6חֽוּצוֹתָ֖םH2351I made their streetsproperly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors
7מִבְּלִ֣יH1097properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
8עוֹבֵ֑רH5674that none passeth byto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
9נִצְדּ֧וּH6658are destroyedto chase; by implication, to desolate
10עָרֵיהֶ֛םH5892their citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
11מִבְּלִיH1097properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
12אִ֖ישׁH376so that there is no mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
13מֵאֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
14יוֹשֵֽׁב׃H3427that there is none inhabitantproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Verse Context

Zephaniah 3:5LORD The just is in the midst thereof he will not do iniquity...
Zephaniah 3:6 (current)I have cut off the nations are desolate their towers waste I made their streets that none passeth by are destroyed their cities so that there is no man that there is none inhabitant
Zephaniah 3:7I said Surely thou wilt fear me thou wilt receive instruction...

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