Obadiah 1:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night ,(how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־גַּנָּבִ֤ים בָּאֽוּ־לְךָ֙ אִם־שׁ֣וֹדְדֵי לַ֔יְלָה אֵ֣יךְ נִדְמֵ֔יתָה הֲל֥וֹא יִגְנְב֖וּ דַּיָּ֑ם אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ הֲל֖וֹא יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּ עֹלֵלֽוֹת

Transliteration

if-gannābîm bāʾû-to-you if-šôdĕdê laylâ how nidmêtâ hălôʾ yignĕbû dayyām if-bōṣĕrîm bāʾû to-you hălôʾ yašʾîrû ʿōlēlôt

Grammar Details

*gannābîm*: noun, masculine plural - thieves
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they came
*šôdĕdê*: participle, masculine plural construct - robbers/destroyers of
*laylâ*: noun, masculine singular - night
*nidmêtâ*: niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you are cut off/destroyed/silenced
*hălôʾ*: interrogative particle - would not
*yignĕbû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they steal
*dayyām*: noun with suffix - their sufficiency
*bōṣĕrîm*: participle, masculine plural - grape gatherers
*yašʾîrû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd plural - they would leave
*ʿōlēlôt*: noun, feminine plural - gleanings

Word Meanings

*gannābîm*: thieves/robbers
*šôdĕdê*: robbers/destroyers/plunderers
*laylâ*: night/nighttime
*nidmêtâ*: you are cut off/destroyed/silenced/ruined
*dayyām*: their sufficiency/enough for their need
*bōṣĕrîm*: grape gatherers/harvesters
*ʿōlēlôt*: gleanings/leftover grapes

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Referenced Verses

Deut 24:21 : 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Jer 49:9 : 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Isa 17:6 : 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Isa 24:13 : 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
2 Sam 1:19 : 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
Isa 14:12 : 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Jer 50:23 : 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Lam 1:1 : 1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Mic 7:1 : 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

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