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Forכִּיasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou drankשְׁתִיתֶםon my holyקָדְשִׁיmountain,עַל הַרallכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםwill drinkיִשְׁתּוּcontinually;תָּמִידthey will drinkוְשָׁתוּand swallow downוְלָעוּand will beוְהָיוּas though they had notכְּלוֹאbeen.הָיוּ
Obadiah 1:16
Study it in the app“For as you drank on my holy mountain, all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and swallow down and will be as though they had not been.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:16, word by word
- you drankשְׁתִיתֶםshetitem
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetitem” appears- on my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- continuallyתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- and swallow downלָעוּlau
swallow
To gulp at once, without stopping.
Where else “lau” appears- and will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17But on Mount Zion there will be an escape, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.