Zephaniah 1:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

י֥וֹם שׁוֹפָ֖ר וּתְרוּעָ֑ה עַ֚ל הֶעָרִ֣ים הַבְּצֻר֔וֹת וְעַ֖ל הַפִּנּ֥וֹת הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

yôm šôp̄ār ûṯərûʿāh ʿal heʿārîm habəṣurôṯ wəʿal happinnôṯ haggəḇōhôṯ.

Grammar Details

*yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*šôp̄ār*: noun, masculine singular - trumpet/horn
*ûṯərûʿāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and alarm/battle cry
*ʿal*: preposition - against
*heʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the cities
*habəṣurôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural with definite article - the fortified
*wəʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and against
*happinnôṯ*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the corners/towers
*haggəḇōhôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural with definite article - the high

Word Meanings

*šôp̄ār*: trumpet/ram's horn/shofar
*ûṯərûʿāh*: and alarm/battle cry/shout
*habəṣurôṯ*: the fortified/defended
*happinnôṯ*: the corners/towers/pinnacles
*haggəḇōhôṯ*: the high/tall/lofty

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:12-15 : 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low; 13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,
Isa 32:14 : 14 For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
Jer 4:19-20 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.
Jer 6:1 : 1 Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Jer 8:16 : 16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.
Hos 8:1 : 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Hab 1:6-9 : 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. 9 They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand. 10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof; 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.

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