Obadiah 1:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are [among] the Canaanites, [shall possess] even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגָלֻ֣ת הַֽחֵל־הַ֠זֶּה לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר־כְּנַעֲנִים֙ עַד־צָ֣רְפַ֔ת וְגָלֻ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּסְפָרַ֑ד יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּֽגֶב

Transliteration

wĕ-gālut the-ḥēl-the-zeh to-bĕnê yiśrāʾēl that-kĕnaʿănîm until-ṣārĕpat wĕ-gālut yĕrûšālaim that in-sĕpārad yirĕšû ʾēt ʿārê the-negeb

Grammar Details

• *wĕ*-: conjunction - and
• *gālut*: noun, feminine singular construct - exiles of
• *ḥēl*: noun, masculine singular - army/host
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun - this
• *bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *kĕnaʿănîm*: proper noun - Canaanites
• *ṣārĕpat*: proper noun - Zarephath
• *yĕrûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *sĕpārad*: proper noun - Sepharad
• *yirĕšû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will possess
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʿārê*: noun, feminine plural construct - cities of
• *negeb*: proper noun - Negev

Word Meanings

• *gālut*: exiles/captives/diaspora
• *ḥēl*: army/host/force
• *bĕnê*: sons/children/descendants
• *kĕnaʿănîm*: Canaanites/traders/merchants
• *ṣārĕpat*: Zarephath (city in Phoenicia)
• *sĕpārad*: Sepharad (possibly Spain or Sardis)
• *yirĕšû*: they will possess/inherit/occupy
• *ʿārê*: cities/towns
• *negeb*: Negev/South/southern region

Referenced Verses

• Luke 4:26 : 26 and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
• 1 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow {H802} there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow {H802} was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
• Jer 33:13 : 13 In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 32:44 : 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.
• Jer 13:19 : 19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
• Jer 33:26 : 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
• Ezek 34:12-13 : 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
• Hos 1:10-11 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. 11 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
• Amos 9:14-15 : 14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.
• Zech 10:6-9 : 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them. 7 And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return. 10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.