Zephaniah 2:13

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
Zephaniah 2:13
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וְיֵ֤ט יָדוֹ֙ עַל־צָפ֔וֹן וִֽיאַבֵּ֖ד אֶת־אַשּׁ֑וּר וְיָשֵׂ֤ם אֶת־נִֽינְוֵה֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה צִיָּ֖ה כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

  1. וְיֵ֤טve.Yet“and he may stretch out”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָטָה · “to stretch” · Strong's H5186
  2. יָדוֹ֙ya.Do“hand his”
    Noun, both genders, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָד · “hand” · Strong's H3027G
  3. עַל־'al-“on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  4. צָפ֔וֹןtza.Fon“[the] north”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from צָפוֹן · “north” · Strong's H6828G
  5. וִֽיאַבֵּ֖דvi.'a.Bed“so he may destroy”
    Conjunction + Verb, piel, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָבַד · “to perish” · Strong's H0006
  6. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  7. אַשּׁ֑וּר'a.Shur“Assyria”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from אַשּׁוּר · “Assyria” · Strong's H0804G
  8. וְיָשֵׂ֤םve.ya.Sem“and he may make”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from שׂוּם · “make” · Strong's H7760A
  9. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  10. נִֽינְוֵה֙ni.ne.Veh“Nineveh”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from נִינְוֵה · “Nineveh” · Strong's H5210
  11. לִשְׁמָמָ֔הlish.ma.Mah“<into> a waste”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שְׁמָמָה · “devastation” · Strong's H8077A
  12. צִיָּ֖הtzi.Yah“a dry region”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from צִיָּה · “dryness” · Strong's H6723
  13. כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ka.mid.Bar“like the wilderness”
    Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מִדְבָּר · “wilderness” · Strong's H4057B
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)