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Zephaniah 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.


Zephaniah 2:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zephaniah 2:1521 words
HebrewMeaning
זֹ֞֠אתzōʾt
thisprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
הָ/עִ֤ירhāʿiyr
is the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
הָ/עַלִּיזָה֙hāʿaliyzāh
jubilantparticleH5947
rejoice
הַ/יּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתhaywōšebet
which dwellsparticleH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
לָ/בֶ֔טַחlābeṭaḥ
to securitypronH983
boldly · care · confidence · hope ···
הָ/אֹֽמְרָה֙hāʾōmərāh
which saysparticleH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/הּbiləbābāh
in heart itspronH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
אֲנִ֖יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וְ/אַפְסִ֣/יwəʾapəsiy
and only IconjH657
but · end · howbeit · less than nothing ···
ע֑וֹדʿwōd
am yetadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אֵ֣יךְʾēykə
how!particleH349
what
הָיְתָ֣הhāyətāh
it has becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/שַׁמָּ֗הləšamāh
a wastepronH8047
desolate · waste · wonderful thing
מַרְבֵּץ֙marəbēṣ
a resting placenounH4769
place to lie down
לַֽ/חַיָּ֔הlaḥayāh
for animalspronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
כֹּ֚לkōl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עוֹבֵ֣רʿwōbēr
one who passes byverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
עָלֶ֔י/הָʿāleyhā
at itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׁרֹ֖קyišərōq
he will hissverbH8319
יָנִ֥יעַyāniyʿa
he will shakeverbH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
יָדֽ/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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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