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Because of the violenceמֵחֲמַסdone to your brotherאָחִיךָJacob,יַעֲקֹבshameבוּשָׁהwill cover you,תְּכַסְּךָand you will be cut offוְנִכְרַתָּforever.לְעוֹלָם
Obadiah 1:10
Study it in the app“Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:10, word by word
- Because of the violenceחֲמַסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- done to your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- shameבוּשָׁהvusha
shame
Shame, a disgrace that covers someone.
Where else “vusha” appears- will cover youתְּכַסְּtechas
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techas” appears- and you will be cut offנִכְרַתָּnichrata
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrata” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
9And your mighty men will be dismayed, Teman, so that every man will be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 · This verse (above)
11On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his army, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots over Jerusalem, you too were like one of them.