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 1:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zephaniah 1:1220 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הָיָה֙wəhāyāh

and it will beconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

בָּ/עֵ֣תbāʿēt

at the timepronH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

הַ/הִ֔יאhahiyʾ

thatparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂʾăḥapēś

I will searchverbH2664

diligent · disquise self · hide · search (for ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

בַּ/נֵּר֑וֹתbanērwōt

with lampspronH5216

lamp · light

וּ/פָקַדְתִּ֣יwpāqadətiy

and I will visit judgmentconjH6485

at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֗יםhāʾănāšiym

manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

הַ/קֹּֽפְאִים֙haqōpəʾiym

who are thickeningparticleH7087

curdle · dark · settle

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

שִׁמְרֵי/הֶ֔םšimərēyhem

lees theirnounH8105

lees

הָ/אֹֽמְרִים֙hāʾōməriym

who are sayingparticleH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/םbiləbābām

in heart theirpronH3824

bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יֵיטִ֥יבyēyṭiyb

he will do goodverbH3190

amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָרֵֽעַyārēʿa

he will do harmverbH7489

associate selves (by mistake for

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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