“I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיnations;גוֹיִםtheir cornersפִּנּוֹתָםare desolate;נָשַׁמּוּI have laid wasteהֶחֱרַבְתִּיtheir streets,חוּצוֹתָםwith no oneמִבְּלִיpassing through;עוֹבֵרtheir citiesעָרֵיהֶםare destroyed,נִצְדּוּwithoutמִבְּלִיa man,אִישׁwithoutמֵאֵיןan inhabitant.יוֹשֵׁב
Zephaniah 3:6
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zephaniah 3:6, word by word
- “I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- their cornersפִּנּוֹתָpinota
corner
The angle of a building; the main stone holding it.
Where else “pinota” appears- are desolateנָשַׁמּוּnashamu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “nashamu” appears- I have laid wasteהֶחֱרַבְתִּיhecheravti
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “hecheravti” appears- their streetsחוּצוֹתָchutsota
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsota” appears- with no oneבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- passing throughעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- their citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- are destroyedנִצְדּוּnitsdu
be ruined
To be left in ruins.
Where else “nitsdu” appears- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- an inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears
The context
5YHWH 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7I said, ‘Surely you will fear me, you will accept correction’; and her dwelling would not be cut off, with all that I charged her; but surely they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.