Study it in the app“therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and make perish the remnant of the coast of the sea.”
thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיstretching outנוֹטֶהmy handיָדִיagainst the Philistines,עַל פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיthe Cherethitesאֶת כְּרֵתִיםand make perishוְהַאֲבַדְתִּיthe remnantאֶת שְׁאֵרִיתof the coastחוֹףof the sea.הַיָּם
say
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” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” 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” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appearsKerethites
Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).
Where else “keretim” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “haavadti” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearsshore, coast
Shore, coast, seashore.
Where else “chof” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsA play on words: “I will cut off” (hikrati) the “Cherethites” (kerethim).
15Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because the Philistines acted with vengeance and took vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy, with eternal enmity,
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17And I will execute on them great vengeances with rebukes of fury; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I lay my vengeance on them.’”
