Neitherגַּם לֹאtheir silverכַּסְפָּםnorגַּםtheir goldזְהָבָםwill be ableיוּכַלto deliver themלְהַצִּילָםon the dayבְּיוֹםof the wrathעֶבְרַתof YHWH;יְהוָהand by the fireוּבְאֵשׁof his jealousyקִנְאָתוֹallכָּלthe earthהָאָרֶץwill be devoured;תֵּאָכֵלforכִּיan extermination,כָלָהyes,אַךְa terrifying one,נִבְהָלָהhe will makeיַעֲשֶׂהof allכָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
Zephaniah 1:18
Study it in the app“Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; and by the fire of his jealousy all the earth will be devoured; for an extermination, yes, a terrifying one, he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:18, word by word
- their silverכַּסְפָּkaspa
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kaspa” appears- their goldזְהָבָzehava
gold
Gold.
Where else “zehava” appears- will be ableיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- to deliver themהַצִּילָhatsila
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsila” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- of the wrathעֶבְרַתevrat
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evrat” appears- of 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- and by the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- of his jealousyקִנְאָתkinat
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kinat” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- will be devouredתֵּאָכֵלteachel
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “teachel” appears- an exterminationכָלָהchala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “chala” appears- a terrifying oneנִבְהָלָהnivhala
be dismayed
To be struck with dread, or frighten others.
Where else “nivhala” appears- he will makeיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaase” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)