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Norוְאַלshould you have stoodתַּעֲמֹדat the crossroadsעַל הַפֶּרֶקto cut offלְהַכְרִיתhis fugitives,פְּלִיטָיוnorוְאַלhanded overתַּסְגֵּרhis survivorsשְׂרִידָיוon the dayבְּיוֹםof distress.צָרָה
Obadiah 1:14
Study it in the app“Nor should you have stood at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives, nor handed over his survivors on the day of distress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:14, word by word
- should you have stoodתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- at the crossroadsפֶּרֶקperek
crossroads
Where roads part.
Where else “perek” appears- to cut offהַכְרִיתhachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appears- his fugitivesפְּלִיטָיpelitay
fugitive, survivor
Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.
Where else “pelitay” appears- handed overתַּסְגֵּרtasger
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “tasger” appears- his survivorsשְׂרִידָיseriday
survivor
Survivor: one who remains alive after a battle or a disaster.
Where else “seriday” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15For near is the day of YHWH upon all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return on your own head.