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Zephaniah 1:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.


Zephaniah 1:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zephaniah 1:1220 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָיָה֙wəhāyāh
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בָּ/עֵ֣תbāʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
הַ/הִ֔יאhahiyʾ
heparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂʾăḥapēś
changeverbH2664
diligent · disquise self · hide · search (for ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
בַּ/נֵּר֑וֹתbanērwōt
candlepronH5216
lamp · light
וּ/פָקַדְתִּ֣יwpāqadətiy
appointconjH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֗יםhāʾănāšiym
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/קֹּֽפְאִים֙haqōpəʾiym
congealparticleH7087
curdle · dark · settle
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שִׁמְרֵי/הֶ֔םšimərēyhem
dregsnounH8105
lees
הָ/אֹֽמְרִים֙hāʾōməriym
answerparticleH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/םbiləbābām
breastpronH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵיטִ֥יבyēyṭiyb
be acceptedverbH3190
amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָרֵֽעַyārēʿa
afflictverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
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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