Zephaniah 2:6 Go deeper

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. (KJV)

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וְֽהָיְתָ֞הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 1

חֶ֣בֶלChe.vel[the] region of

Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: cord

Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 2

הַיָּ֗םhai.Yamthe sea

Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sea

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 3

נְוֹ֛תne.Votpastures of

Lemma: נָוֶה (na.veh) · Strong's: H5116A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: pasture

Used 34 times. Also: Exodus 15:13, 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Samuel 15:25, 1 Chronicles 17:7, Job 5:3, Job 5:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5116A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 4

כְּרֹ֥תke.Rotmeadows of

Lemma: כָּרָה (ka.rah) · Strong's: H3741

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: hollow

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3741; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 5

רֹעִ֖יםro.'Imshepherds

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to pasture

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 6

וְגִדְר֥וֹתve.gid.Rotand folds of

Lemma: גְּדֵרָה (ge.de.rah) · Strong's: H1448

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: wall

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 32:16, Numbers 32:24, Numbers 32:36, 1 Samuel 24:3, Psalms 89:40, Jeremiah 49:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1448; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 7

צֹֽאן\׃Tzonsheep

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:6 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So the seacoast	→	חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord
. . .	→	יָם H3220G sea
will become	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
[a land of] pastures	→	נָוֶה H5116A pasture
with wells	→	כָּרָה H3741 hollow
for shepherds	→	רָעָה H7462B to pasture
and folds	→	גְּדֵרָה H1448 wall
for sheep	→	צֹאן H6629G flock

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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