Obadiah 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.”

Obadiah 1:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Obadiah 1:2017 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/גָלֻ֣תwəgālut

and the exiles ofconjH1546

הַֽ/חֵלhaḥēl

the fortressparticleH2426

bulwark · host · poor · rampart ···

הַ֠/זֶּהhazeh

thisparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

לִ/בְנֵ֨יlibənēy

of the people ofpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

אֲשֶֽׁרʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

כְּנַעֲנִים֙kənaʿăniym

will be CanaanitesnounH3669

merchant · trafficker

עַדʿad

topronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

צָ֣רְפַ֔תṣārəpat

ZarephathnounH6886

וְ/גָלֻ֥תwəgālut

and the exiles ofconjH1546

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בִּ/סְפָרַ֑דbisəpārad

are in SepharadpronH5614

יִֽרְשׁ֕וּyirəšw

they will take possession ofverbH3423

consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···

אֵ֖תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עָרֵ֥יʿārēy

the cities ofnounH5892

city · court · town

הַ/נֶּֽגֶבhanegeb

the NegevparticleH5045

side · -ward)

ℹWords 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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