Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks, and all the beasts of folks, shall lie, or rest, in the middle thereof; and onocrotalus, and urchin shall dwell in the thresholds thereof; voice of the singing in the window, and a crow in the lintel, for I shall make thine the strength thereof.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קִפּוֹדqippôwda species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
- קָאַתqâʼathprobably the pelican (from vomiting)
- כַּפְתֹּרkaphtôra chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wrea
- עָרָהʻârâhto be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
- חֹרֶבchôrebdrought or desolation
- סַףçapha vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
- חַלּוֹןchallôwna window (as perforated)
- רָבַץrâbatsto crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline,
+7 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Amo 9:1, Isa 13:19–22, Jer 22:14, Isa 34:11–17, Rev 18:2, Isa 14:23, Zep 2:6