Obadiah 1:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔רֶק לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־פְּלִיטָ֑יו וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּ֥ר שְׂרִידָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה

Transliteration

wĕ-do-not-taʿămōd upon-the-pereq to-hakrît ʾet-pĕlîṭāyw wĕ-do-not-tasgēr śĕrîdāyw in-yôm ṣārâ

Grammar Details

*wĕ*-: conjunction - and
*taʿămōd*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - stand
*pereq*: noun, masculine singular - crossroads/intersection
*hakrît*: hiphil infinitive construct - to cut off
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*pĕlîṭāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fugitives
*tasgēr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - deliver up
*śĕrîdāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his survivors
*yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*ṣārâ*: noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble

Word Meanings

*taʿămōd*: stand/station yourself
*pereq*: crossroads/intersection/fork
*hakrît*: to cut off/destroy/eliminate
*pĕlîṭāyw*: his fugitives/escapees/refugees
*tasgēr*: deliver up/hand over/surrender
*śĕrîdāyw*: his survivors/remnant/those who escaped
*ṣārâ*: distress/trouble/adversity

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Referenced Verses

Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Ps 31:8 : 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Amos 1:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
Amos 1:9 : 9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
Obad 1:12 : 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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