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And deliverersוְ מוֹשִׁעִיםwill go upעָלוּon MountבְּהַרZionצִיּוֹןto judgeלִשְׁפֹּטthe mountainהַרof Esau,עֵשָׂוand the kingdomוְ הַמְּלוּכָהwill beהָיְתָהYHWH’s.לַיהוָה
Obadiah 1:21
Study it in the app“And deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom will be YHWH’s.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:21, word by word
- And deliverersמוֹשִׁעִיםmoshiim
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshiim” appears- will go upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- on Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- to judgeשְׁפֹּטshepot
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shepot” appears- of Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- and the kingdomמְּלוּכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears- will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- YHWH’sיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
20And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel will possess what belongs to the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
21 · This verse (above)