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Wail,הֵילִילוּinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the Hollow,הַמַּכְתֵּשׁforכִּיallכָּלthe peopleעַםof Canaanכְּנַעַןhave been destroyed;נִדְמָהallכָּלwho are ladenנְטִילֵיwith silverכָסֶףhave been cut off.נִכְרְתוּ
Zephaniah 1:11
Study it in the app“Wail, inhabitants of the Hollow, for all the people of Canaan have been destroyed; all who are laden with silver have been cut off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:11, word by word
- Wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of the Hollowמַּכְתֵּשׁmachtesh
Maktesh, the Hollow
"The Hollow" (Maktesh): a low district of Jerusalem, perhaps where the merchants were.
Where else “machtesh” appears- the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- have been destroyedנִדְמָהnidma
destroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “nidma” appears- who are ladenנְטִילֵיnetile
laden
Laden, carrying a load.
Where else “netile” appears- with silverכָסֶףchasef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chasef” appears- have been cut offנִכְרְתוּnichrtu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrtu” appears
Translation note
“The Hollow” (Maktes) was a place in Jerusalem; “the people of Canaan” can be understood as “the merchants”: the same word means “merchant” in Proverbs 31:24.
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
10And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH, that there will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, and wailing from the Second Quarter, and a great crash from the hills.
11 · This verse (above)
12And it will happen at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will call to account the men who are congealed on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘YHWH will not do good, nor will he do evil.’