“And it will happenוְהָיָהon the dayבְּיוֹםof the sacrificeזֶבַחof YHWHיְהוָהthat I will call to accountוּפָקַדְתִּי עַלthe officialsהַשָּׂרִיםand the sonsוְעַל בְּנֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand allוְעַל כָּלwho wearהַלֹּבְשִׁיםforeignנָכְרִיclothing.מַלְבּוּשׁ
Zephaniah 1:8
Study it in the app““And it will happen on the day of the sacrifice of YHWH that I will call to account the officials and the sons of the king and all who wear foreign clothing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 1:8, word by word
- “And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” 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- that I will call to accountפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- and the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- who wearלֹּבְשִׁיםlovshim
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lovshim” appears- foreignנָכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- clothingמַלְבּוּשׁmalbush
clothing, garment
Garment, clothing: what someone has on.
Where else “malbush” appears
The context
7Silence before Adonai YHWH! For near is the day of YHWH; for YHWH has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I will call to account all who leap over the threshold on that day, who fill the house of their masters with violence and deceit.