YHWHיְהוָהis righteousצַדִּיקin her midst;בְּקִרְבָּהּhe does notלֹאdoיַעֲשֶׂהinjustice;עַוְלָהmorningבַּבֹּקֶרby morningבַּבֹּקֶרhe bringsיִתֵּןhis justiceמִשְׁפָּטוֹto the light;לָאוֹרhe does notלֹאfail;נֶעְדָּרbutוְthe unjustעַוָּלdoes notלֹאknowיוֹדֵעַshame.בֹּשֶׁת
Zephaniah 3:5
Study it in the app“YHWH is righteous in her midst; he does not do injustice; morning by morning he brings his justice to the light; he does not fail; but the unjust does not know shame.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 3:5, word by word
- 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- is righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- in her midstקִרְבָּkirba
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirba” appears- doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- he bringsיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- his justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- to the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- failנֶעְדָּרnedar
be lacking
To be absent: let no one be left out.
Where else “nedar” appears- the unjustעַוָּלaval
unjust, wrongdoer
Unjust; one who does evil.
Where else “aval” appears- knowיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- shameבֹּשֶׁתboshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appears
The context
4Her prophets are reckless, men of treachery; her priests have profaned what is holy, they have done violence to the instruction.
5 · This verse (above)
6“I have cut off nations; their corners are desolate; I have laid waste their streets, with no one passing through; their cities are destroyed, without a man, without an inhabitant.