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 2:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zephaniah 2:411 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עַזָּה֙ʿazāh

AzzahnounH5804

Gaza

עֲזוּבָ֣הʿăzwbāh

commit selfverbH5800

fail · forsake · fortify · help ···

תִֽהְיֶ֔הtihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

וְ/אַשְׁקְל֖וֹןwəʾašəqəlwōn

AshkelonconjH831

Askalon

לִ/שְׁמָמָ֑הlišəmāmāh

(laidpronH8077

most) desolate · waste

אַשְׁדּ֗וֹדʾašədwōd

AhdodnounH795

בַּֽ/צָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙baṣāhŏrayim

middaypronH6672

noon(-day · -tide) · window

יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּ/הָyəgārəšwhā

cast upverbH1644

divorced · drive away (forth · out) · expel ···

וְ/עֶקְר֖וֹןwəʿeqərwōn

EkronconjH6138

תֵּעָקֵֽרtēʿāqēr

dig downverbH6131

hough · pluck up · root up

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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