And flocksעֲדָרִיםwill lie downוְרָבְצוּin her midst,בְתוֹכָהּevery animalכָּל חַיְתוֹof the nations;גוֹיboth the pelicanגַּם קָאַתand the hedgehogגַּם קִפֹּדwill lodgeיָלִינוּin her capitals;בְּכַפְתֹּרֶיהָa voiceקוֹלwill singיְשׁוֹרֵרin the window;בַּחַלּוֹןdrynessחֹרֶבwill be on the threshold;בַּסַּףforכִּיher cedar workאַרְזָהhas been laid bare.עֵרָה
Zephaniah 2:14
Study it in the app“And flocks will lie down in her midst, every animal of the nations; both the pelican and the hedgehog will lodge in her capitals; a voice will sing in the window; dryness will be on the threshold; for her cedar work has been laid bare.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 2:14, word by word
- And flocksעֲדָרִיםadarim
herd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “adarim” appears- will lie downרָבְצוּravtsu
lie down, crouch
Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.
Where else “ravtsu” appears- in her midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- every animalחַיְתchayt
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayt” appears- of the nationsגוֹיgoy
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- both the pelicanקָאַתkaat
pelican
A bird of the wilderness and of ruins; perhaps the pelican.
Where else “kaat” appears- and the hedgehogקִפֹּדkipod
hedgehog? (uncertain)
An animal of desolate places; the identification is uncertain: hedgehog or porcupine, or a bird such as the bittern.
Where else “kipod” appears- will lodgeיָלִינוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears- in her capitalsכַפְתֹּרֶיchaftore
capital
The top of a pillar.
Where else “chaftore” appears- a voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- will singיְשׁוֹרֵרyeshorer
sing
To give voice to a melody, to praise YHWH or to celebrate.
Where else “yeshorer” appears- in the windowחַלּוֹןchalon
window
Window: an opening in a wall.
Where else “chalon” appears- drynessחֹרֶבchorev
drought
A time without rain, when the land is left without water.
Where else “chorev” appears- will be on the thresholdסַּףsaf
threshold
The low part of a doorway, which one steps over on entering.
Where else “saf” appears- her cedar workאַרְזָהarza
cedar work
Cedar work: the cedar wood paneling of rich houses.
Where else “arza” appears- has been laid bareעֵרָהera
lay bare
To strip what covers something and leave it in view, or to tear it down to its base.
Where else “era” appears
The context
13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the wilderness.
14 · This verse (above)
15This is the exultant city who sat in security, who said in her heart, “I, and no one else.” How she has become a horror, a resting place for animals! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake his hand.