Study it in the app“because of the day that is coming to devastate all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon every survivor who helps; for YHWH is devastating the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.”
because of the dayעַל הַיּוֹםthat is comingהַבָּאto devastateלִשְׁדוֹדallאֶת כָּלthe Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםto cut offלְהַכְרִיתfrom Tyreלְצֹרand from Sidonוּלְצִידוֹןeveryכֹּלsurvivorשָׂרִידwho helps;עֹזֵרforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהis devastatingשֹׁדֵדthe Philistines,אֶת פְּלִשְׁתִּיםthe remnantשְׁאֵרִיתof the islandאִיof Caphtor.כַפְתּוֹר
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shedod” 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 “hachrit” appearsTyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appearsSidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appearssurvivor
Survivor: one who remains alive after a battle or a disaster.
Where else “sarid” appearshelper
A person who comes to another's side to help him in what he needs.
Where else “ozer” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearscoast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “i” appearsCaphtor
Caphtor, an island or coast from which the Philistines came (Amos 9:7).
Where else “chaftor” appearsCaphtor: probably Crete, from where the Philistines came (Amos 9:7).
1Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
2Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
3at the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rattling of his chariots, the rumbling of his wheels; the fathers do not turn back to their children for the slackness of their hands,
4 · This verse (above)
5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been silenced, the remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?
