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Zephaniah 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.


Zephaniah 2:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zephaniah 2:411 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַזָּה֙ʿazāh
GazanounH5804
Gaza
עֲזוּבָ֣הʿăzwbāh
abandonedverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
תִֽהְיֶ֔הtihəyeh
it will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
וְ/אַשְׁקְל֖וֹןwəʾašəqəlwōn
and AshkelonconjH831
Askalon
לִ/שְׁמָמָ֑הlišəmāmāh
will become a desolationpronH8077
most) desolate · waste
אַשְׁדּ֗וֹדʾašədwōd
AshdodnounH795
בַּֽ/צָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙baṣāhŏrayim
at the noontidepronH6672
noon(-day · -tide) · window
יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּ/הָyəgārəšwhā
people will drive out itverbH1644
divorced · drive away (forth · out) · expel ···
וְ/עֶקְר֖וֹןwəʿeqərwōn
and EkronconjH6138
תֵּעָקֵֽרtēʿāqēr
it will be plucked upverbH6131
hough · pluck up · root up
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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