Zephaniah 2:5

With the Hebrew beneath

Zephaniah 2:5, word by word

Woeהוֹיhoy

woe

A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.

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to the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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of the stripחֶבֶלchevel

allotment

A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.

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of the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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nationגּוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

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of the Cherethitesכְּרֵתִיםkeretim

Kerethites

Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).

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The wordדְּבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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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.

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“Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan

Canaan

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landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

Philistines

Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.

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I will destroy youהַאֲבַדְתִּיhaavadti

destroy

To make someone or something disappear completely.

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Translation note

“Cherethites”: a people of the coast, named together with the Philistines (Ezekiel 25:16); in Hebrew the name sounds like “cut.”

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