Zephaniah 1:11
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מַכְתֵּשׁ
Maktêsh
dell; the Maktesh, a place in Jerusalem
סָחַר
çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
Key Terms in This Verse
סָחַר çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Study H5503 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant v...
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the ...
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacl...
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