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“CompletelyאָסֹףI will gatherאָסֵףeverythingכֹּלfrom uponמֵעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Zephaniah 1:2
Study it in the app““Completely I will gather everything from upon the face of the ground, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:2, word by word
- “Completelyאָסֹףasof
gather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “asof” appears- I will gatherאָסֵףasef
gather
Collect everything to remove it.
Where else “asef” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” 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
1The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 · This verse (above)
3I will gather human being and livestock; I will gather the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off human beings from upon the face of the ground, declares YHWH.