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a dayיוֹםof the hornשׁוֹפָרand of the alarm cryוּתְרוּעָהagainstעַלthe fortifiedהַבְּצֻרוֹתcitiesהֶעָרִיםand againstוְעַלthe highהַגְּבֹהוֹתcorners.הַפִּנּוֹת
Zephaniah 1:16
Study it in the app“a day of the horn and of the alarm cry against the fortified cities and against the high corners.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:16, word by word
- a dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- of the hornשׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- and of the alarm cryתְרוּעָהterua
war cry
A loud voice that warns of war or danger.
Where else “terua” appears- the fortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתbetsurot
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- the highגְּבֹהוֹתgevohot
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevohot” appears- cornersפִּנּוֹתpinot
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinot” appears
The context
15A 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,
16 · This verse (above)
17“And I will bring distress on human beings, and they will walk like the blind, for against YHWH they have sinned; and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.”