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I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. (KJV)

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הִכְרַ֣תִּיhikh.Ra.tiI have cut off

Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772I

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)

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 3:6 word 1

גוֹיִ֗םgo.Yimnations

Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: nation

Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 2

נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muthey are desolate

Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074G

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: be desolate: destroyed

Used 56 times. Also: Leviticus 26:22, Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8074G; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 3

פִּנּוֹתָ֔םpi.no.Tamcorners their

Lemma: פִּנָּה (pin.nah) · Strong's: H6438H

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

Meaning: corner

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 27:2, Exodus 38:2, Judges 20:2, 1 Samuel 14:38, 1 Kings 7:34, 2 Chronicles 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6438H; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 4

הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּיhe.che.Rav.tiI have made desolate

Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717B

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)

Meaning: to destroy

Used 20 times. Also: Judges 16:24, 2 Kings 19:17, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 49:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2717B; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 5

חֽוּצוֹתָ֖םchu.tzo.Tamstreets their

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

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

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 6

מִבְּלִ֣יmi.be.Libecause not

Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097

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

Meaning: without

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 31:20, Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 7

עוֹבֵ֑רo.Ver[one who] passes by

Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to pass

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 8

נִצְדּ֧וּnitz.Duthey have been laid waste

Lemma: צָדָה (tsa.dah) · Strong's: H6658B

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to waste

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6658B; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 9

עָרֵיהֶ֛ם'a.rei.Hemcities their

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 10

מִבְּלִי\־mi.be.li-because not

Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: without

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 31:20, Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 11

אִ֖ישׁ'ishanyone

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I

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

Meaning: man: anyone

Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 12

מֵאֵ֥יןme.'Einfrom not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Zephaniah 3:6 word 13

יוֹשֵֽׁב\׃yo.Shevinhabitant

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

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 3:6 word 14

How the BSB renders it

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

I have cut off	→	כָּרַת H3772I to cut: eliminate
the nations	→	גּוֹי H1471A nation
their corner towers	→	פִּנָּה H6438H corner
are destroyed	→	שָׁמֵם H8074G be desolate: destroyed
I have made	→	חָרֵב H2717B to destroy
their streets {deserted}	→	חוּץ H2351 outside
with no one	→	בְּלִי H1097 without
to pass through	→	עָבַר H5674A to pass
Their cities	→	עִיר H5892B city
are laid waste	→	צָדָה H6658B to waste
with no	→	בְּלִי H1097 without
man	→	אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone
no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
inhabitant	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell

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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