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and those who bow downוְ הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִיםonעַלthe roofsהַגַּגּוֹתto the armyלִצְבָאof the heavens,הַשָּׁמָיִםand those who bow down,וְ הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִיםwho swearהַנִּשְׁבָּעִיםto YHWHלַיהוָהand swearוְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִיםby their king;בְּמַלְכָּם
Zephaniah 1:5
Study it in the app“and those who bow down on the roofs to the army of the heavens, and those who bow down, who swear to YHWH and swear by their king;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:5, word by word
- and those who bow downמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִיםmishtachavim
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “mishtachavim” appears- the roofsגַּגּוֹתgagot
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gagot” appears- to the armyצְבָאtseva
army
An army.
Where else “tseva” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- who swearנִּשְׁבָּעִיםnishbaim
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbaim” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- by their kingמַלְכָּmalka
their king
"Their king": perhaps the Ammonite god, by whom some swore.
Where else “malka” appears
Translation note
“Their king”: or “Milcom,” the god of the Ammonites.
The context
4And I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal, the name of the pagan priests along with the priests;
5 · This verse (above)
6and those who turn back from following YHWH, and who have not sought YHWH nor consulted him.”