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Thoughאִםyou soar highתַּגְבִּיהַּlike the eagle,כַּנֶּשֶׁרand thoughוְאִםamong the starsבֵּין כּוֹכָבִיםyour nest is set,שִׂים קִנֶּךָfrom thereמִשָּׁםI will bring you down,אוֹרִידְךָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Obadiah 1:4
Study it in the app“Though you soar high like the eagle, and though among the stars your nest is set, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:4, word by word
- you soar highתַּגְבִּיהַּtagbiha
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “tagbiha” appears- like the eagleנֶּשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- among the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim
star
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears- your nest is setשִׂיםsim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appears- your nest is setקִנֶּkine
nest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “kine” appears- I will bring you downאוֹרִידְorid
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “orid” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears
The context
3The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, in the height of his dwelling, who says in his heart, “Who will bring me down to the earth?”
4 · This verse (above)
5If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night (how you have been destroyed!), would they not steal only what was enough for them? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?