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Zephaniah 2

Hebrew, word by word. The text arrives sealed from the shelf and is drawn above, every word pressable for its record. Under each verse here: the reading printed for each of its words, oldest witness first, credited by number to its source at the foot.

Zephaniah 2:1

gather (selves) (together)1 · and + gather together2 · the manner in which someone utters a word3 · no4 · (have) desire1

Zephaniah 2:2

<in> + before2 · bear1 · task1 · like + chaff2 · beyond4 · time1 · <in> + before2 · no4 · abide1 · on + you2 · burning5 · nose4 · The Lord1 · <in> + before2 · no4 · abide1 · on + you2 · time1 · nose4 · The Lord1

Zephaniah 2:3

ask1 · with4 · The Lord1 · all4 · humble1 · the + earth2 · that4 · plan + its2 · commit1 · ask1 · be4 · ask1 · humility4 · peradventure4 · be absent1 · over the + day2 · nose4 · The Lord1

Zephaniah 2:4

since4 · Gaza1 · desertion4 · beacon1 · and + Ashkelon2 · into + a desolation2 · Ashdod4 · at <the> + noon<s>2 · people will drive out + it2 · and + Ekron2 · dig down1

Zephaniah 2:5

be1 · a Jashubite4 · hurt1 · the + sea2 · nation4 · be chewed1 · to speak4 · The Lord1 · on + you2 · Canaan4 · earth4 · Philistine1 · and + I will destroy + you2 · whence1 · (make to) abide(-ing)1

Zephaniah 2:6

and + it will become2 · hurt1 · the + sea2 · comely1 · be chewed4 · bad1 · and + Gederoth2 · a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats)4

Zephaniah 2:7

and + it became2 · hurt1 · for + [the] remainder of2 · place4 · Judah4 · on + them2 · they will graze + !2 · [are] in + households2 · Ashkelon4 · in the + evening2 · they lie down + !2 · since4 · he enrolled + them2 · The Lord1 · God + their2 · dwell6 · captivity + their2 · (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s)1

Zephaniah 2:8

Shimathite4 · reproach1 · Moab4 · young1 · Ammon4 · that4 · betroth1 · with4 · Ben-ammi1 · and + they have magnified themselves2 · Most High1 · territory + their2

Zephaniah 2:9

X again1 · alive4 · galley4 · whisper4 · The Lord1 · assemble1 · God1 · Israel4 · since4 · Moab4 · like + Sodom2 · beacon1 · and + sons2 · Ammon4 · like + Gomorrah2 · a possession4 · pointed4 · and + a pit of2 · to eat salt4 · <and> + a desolate [woman]2 · until4 · concealed4 · rest1 · Ben-ammi1 · they will plunder + them2 · and + excellence of2 · nation4 · they will take possession of + them2

Zephaniah 2:10

this7 · burn in4 · under4 · pride + their2 · since4 · betroth1 · and + they grew up2 · Most High1 · with1 · The Lord1 · assemble1

Zephaniah 2:11

affright1 · The Lord1 · on + them2 · since4 · emaciate4 · with4 · all4 · God1 · the + earth2 · and + may they bow down2 · if (haply)1 · person4 · from + place + its2 · all4 · country1 · Gentile1

Zephaniah 2:12

also4 · you1 · Cushi1 · kill1 · decay1 · they1

Zephaniah 2:13

and + he pitched2 · shoot1 · Most High1 · hidden4 · and + he destroyed2 · with4 · Assyria4 · and + he put2 · with4 · Nineveh4 · into + a desolation2 · drought4 · like the + wilderness2

Zephaniah 2:14

and + they will lie down2 · in + [the] midst of + it2 · drove1 · all4 · + age1 · nation4 · also4 · probably the pelican (from vomiting)4 · also4 · contract4 · on + capitals + its2 · abide (all night)1 · sound4 · behold (by mistake for shuwr)1 · in the + window2 · knife4 · [is] in the + basin2 · since4 · cedar wainscoating4 · to empty4

Zephaniah 2:15

this7 · (a-)wake(-n, up)1 · <the> + jubilant2 · O + [one who] dwells2 · to + security2 · who + says2 · in + heart + her2 · galley4 · and + only + I2 · still4 · how?8 · she is5 · <into> + a horror2 · reclining place9 · to the + animal[s]2 · all4 · alienate1 · Aliah1 · hiss1 · continually1 · shoot1

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