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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (KJV)

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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 2:4 word 1

עַזָּה֙'a.ZahGaza

Lemma: עַזָּה (az.zah) · Strong's: H5804

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Gaza

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Deuteronomy 2:23, Joshua 10:41, Joshua 11:22, Joshua 15:47, Judges 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5804; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 2

עֲזוּבָ֣ה'a.zu.Vahabandoned

Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsfsa)

Meaning: to leave: forsake

Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 3

תִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.Yehit will be

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

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 2:4 word 4

וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹןve.'ash.ke.Lonand Ashkelon

Lemma: אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ash.qe.lon) · Strong's: H0831

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Ashkelon

Used 12 times. Also: Judges 1:18, Judges 14:19, 1 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 1:20, Jeremiah 25:20, Jeremiah 47:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0831; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 5

לִשְׁמָמָ֑הlish.ma.Mah[will become] <into> a desolation

Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: devastation

Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 6

אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד'ash.DodAshdod

Lemma: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ash.dod) · Strong's: H0795

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Ashdod

Used 17 times. Also: Joshua 11:22, Joshua 15:46, Joshua 15:47, 1 Samuel 5:1, 1 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0795; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 7

בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimat the noontide<s>

Lemma: צֹ֫הַר (tso.har) · Strong's: H6672A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)

Meaning: midday

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Deuteronomy 28:29, 2 Samuel 4:5, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6672A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 8

יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָye.Ga.re.Shu.hapeople will drive out it

Lemma: גָּרַשׁ (ga.rash) · Strong's: H1644G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to drive out: drive out

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:14, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 6:1, Exodus 10:11, Exodus 11:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1644G; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 9

וְעֶקְר֖וֹןve.'ek.Ronand Ekron

Lemma: עֶקְרוֹן (eq.ron) · Strong's: H6138

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Ekron

Used 22 times. Also: Joshua 13:3, Joshua 15:11, Joshua 15:45, Joshua 15:46, Joshua 19:43, Judges 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6138; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 10

תֵּעָקֵֽר\׃\ \סte.'a.Kerit will be plucked up

Lemma: עָקַר (a.qar) · Strong's: H6131A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)

Meaning: to uproot

Used 2 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 3:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6131A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:4 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
Gaza	→	עַזָּה H5804 Gaza
will be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
abandoned	→	עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake
and Ashkelon	→	אַשְׁקְלוֹן H0831 Ashkelon
left in ruins	→	שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation
Ashdod	→	אַשְׁדּוֹד H0795 Ashdod
will be driven out	→	גָּרַשׁ H1644G to drive out: drive out
at noon	→	צֹ֫הַר H6672A midday
and Ekron	→	עֶקְרוֹן H6138 Ekron
will be uprooted	→	עָקַר H6131A to uproot

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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