Study it in the app“And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says Adonai YHWH.”
And I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיthe inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבfrom Ashdod,מֵאַשְׁדּוֹדand the one who holdsוְתוֹמֵךְthe scepterשֵׁבֶטfrom Ashkelon;מֵאַשְׁקְלוֹןand I will turnוַהֲשִׁיבוֹתִיmy handיָדִיagainstעַלEkron,עֶקְרוֹןand the remnantוְ שְׁאֵרִיתof the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםwill perish,אָבְדוּsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsAshdod
See it on the mapWhere else “ashdod” appearshold fast
To grasp something and not let go, or to keep it for oneself.
Where else “tomech” appearsrod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appearsAshkelon
See it on the mapWhere else “ashklon” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashivoti” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appearsEkron
See it on the mapWhere else “ekron” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avdu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears1Ashdod
Today: Ashdod, Israel
A Philistine city near the Mediterranean coast, about 34 miles (55 km) west of Jerusalem.
The Philistines brought the ark of God there, and their god Dagon fell before it (1 Sam 5:1-4).
2Ashkelon
Today: Ashkelon, Israel
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Samson killed thirty men there to pay a bet (Judg 14:19). It was one of the five main Philistine cities (1 Sam 6:17).
3Ekron
Today: Tel Miqne (Ekron) ruins, Israel
A Philistine city on the plain, about 22 miles (35 km) west of Jerusalem.
The ark was taken there and the people were afraid (1 Sam 5:10). King Ahaziah sent to ask its god instead of the God of Israel (2 Kgs 1:2).
7And I will send fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour her citadels.
8 · This verse (above)
9Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they handed over a whole captive people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brothers.
