And you should notוְאַלhave lookedתֵּרֶאon the dayבְיוֹםof your brother,אָחִיךָon the dayבְּיוֹםof his misfortune,נָכְרוֹnorוְאַלrejoicedתִּשְׂמַחover the sonsלִבְנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהon the dayבְּיוֹםof their ruin,אָבְדָםnorוְאַלmade your mouth largeתַּגְדֵּל פִּיךָon the dayבְּיוֹםof distress.צָרָה
Obadiah 1:12
Study it in the app“And you should not have looked on the day of your brother, on the day of his misfortune, nor rejoiced over the sons of Judah on the day of their ruin, nor made your mouth large on the day of distress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:12, word by word
- have lookedתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- of his misfortuneנָכְרnachr
disaster
Disaster, unexpected misfortune.
Where else “nachr” appears- rejoicedתִּשְׂמַחtismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “tismach” appears- over the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- of their ruinאָבְדָavda
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avda” appears- made your mouth largeתַּגְדֵּלtagdel
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “tagdel” appears- made your mouth largeפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, 12-14 literally say “do not look… do not rejoice…”; it can be understood as referring to what Edom had already done (v. 11).
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13You should not have entered the gate of my people on the day of their calamity; you should not have looked, you too, on his disaster on the day of his calamity, nor laid hands on his wealth on the day of his calamity.