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A dayיוֹםof wrathעֶבְרָהis that day,הַיּוֹם הַהוּאa dayיוֹםof distressצָרָהand straits,וּמְצוּקָהa dayיוֹםof devastationשֹׁאָהand desolation,וּמְשׁוֹאָהa dayיוֹםof darknessחֹשֶׁךְand gloom,וַאֲפֵלָהa dayיוֹםof cloudעָנָןand thick cloud,וַעֲרָפֶל
Zephaniah 1:15
Study it in the app“A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and straits, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick cloud,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:15, word by word
- A dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- of wrathעֶבְרָהevra
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evra” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears- and straitsמְצוּקָהmetsuka
distress
Straits, narrowness; figuratively, distress, trouble.
Where else “metsuka” appears- of devastationשֹׁאָהshoa
ruin
A sudden disaster.
Where else “shoa” appears- and desolationמְשׁוֹאָהmeshoa
ruin, devastation
Ruin, a devastated place.
Where else “meshoa” appears- of darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- and gloomאֲפֵלָהafela
thick darkness
Very thick darkness.
Where else “afela” appears- of cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- and thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel
thick darkness
Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.
Where else “arafel” appears
The context
14Near is the great day of YHWH, near and hastening greatly; the sound of the day of YHWH: bitterly there the mighty man raises the war cry.
15 · This verse (above)
16a day of the horn and of the alarm cry against the fortified cities and against the high corners.