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Obadiah 1:12 — King James Version← Study notes

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.


Obadiah 1:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Obadiah 1:1217 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֵּ֤רֶאtēreʾ
you lookverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְ/יוֹםbəywōm
on the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אָחִ֨י/ךָ֙ʾāḥiykā
brother yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
בְּ/י֣וֹםbəywōm
on the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
נָכְר֔/וֹnākərwō
misfortune hisnounH5235
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּשְׂמַ֥חtiśəmaḥ
you rejoiceverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
לִ/בְנֵֽיlibənēy
to the people ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יְהוּדָ֖הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
בְּ/י֣וֹםbəywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אָבְדָ֑/םʾābədām
perish theyverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
וְ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּגְדֵּ֥לtagədēl
you make bigverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
פִּ֖י/ךָpiykā
mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
בְּ/י֥וֹםbəywōm
on the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
צָרָֽהṣārāh
troublenounH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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