Zephaniah 1:11 Go deeper
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Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (KJV)
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הֵילִ֖ילוּhei.Li.luwail
Lemma: יָלַל (ya.lal) · Strong's: H3213
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhv2mp)
Meaning: to wail
Used 29 times. Also: Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3213; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 1
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiO inhabitants of
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 2
הַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁha.makh.Teshthe Mortar
Lemma: מַכְתֵּשׁ (makh.tesh) · Strong's: H4389
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: Mortar
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4389; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 3
כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 4
נִדְמָה֙nid.Mahit will be destroyed
Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1820
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to cease
Used 15 times. Also: Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:20, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 15:1, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 47:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1820; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 5
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 6
עַ֣ם'am[the] people of
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 7
כְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anCanaan
Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: merchant
Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 16:29, Ezekiel 17:4, Hosea 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3667B; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 8
נִכְרְת֖וּnikh.re.Tuthey will be cut off
Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772I
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to cut: eliminate
Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 9:11, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 41:36, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3772I; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 9
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 10
נְטִ֥ילֵיne.Ti.lei[the] weighers of
Lemma: נָטִיל (ne.til) · Strong's: H5187
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)
Meaning: laden
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5187; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 11
כָֽסֶף\׃Kha.sefsilver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Zephaniah 1:11 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Wail | → | יָלַל H3213 to wail |
| O dwellers | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| of the Hollow | → | מַכְתֵּשׁ H4389 Mortar |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| your merchants | → | עַם H5971A people |
| . . . | → | כְּנַ֫עַן H3667B merchant |
| will be silenced | → | דָּמָה H1820 to cease |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| who weigh out | → | נָטִיל H5187 laden |
| silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| will be cut off | → | כָּרַת H3772I to cut: eliminate |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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