Zephaniah 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ך גִּבּ֣וֹר יוֹשִׁ֑יעַ יָשִׂ֨ישׂ עָלַ֜יִךְ בְּשִׂמְחָ֗ה יַחֲרִישׁ֙ בְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹ יָגִ֥יל עָלַ֖יִךְ בְּרִנָּֽה

Transliteration

YHWH ʾĕlōhayik in qirbēk gibbôr yôšîaʿ; yāśîś upon ʿālayik in śimḥâ, yaḥărîš in ʾahăbātô, yāgîl upon ʿālayik in rinnâ

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhayik*: masculine plural noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your God
*qirbēk*: masculine singular noun with preposition and 2nd feminine singular suffix - in your midst
*gibbôr*: masculine singular adjective - mighty
*yôšîaʿ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will save
*yāśîś*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will rejoice
*ʿālayik*: preposition with 2nd feminine singular suffix - over you
*śimḥâ*: feminine singular noun - joy/gladness
*yaḥărîš*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be quiet/silent
*ʾahăbātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his love
*yāgîl*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will exult
*rinnâ*: feminine singular noun - joyful shout/singing

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhayik*: your God/deity
*qirbēk*: in your midst/among you
*gibbôr*: mighty/strong/warrior
*yôšîaʿ*: he will save/deliver/give victory
*yāśîś*: he will rejoice/be glad
*śimḥâ*: joy/gladness/happiness
*yaḥărîš*: he will be quiet/silent/still/renew
*ʾahăbātô*: his love/affection
*yāgîl*: he will exult/be glad/rejoice
*rinnâ*: joyful shout/singing/cry

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Referenced Verses

Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isa 62:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Zeph 3:15 : 15 Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not fear evil any more.
Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Zeph 3:5 : 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Ps 147:11 : 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
Luke 15:23-24 : 23 and bring the fatted calf, [and] kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 15:11 : 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.
Num 14:8 : 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Deut 30:9 : 9 And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;
Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Luke 15:5-6 : 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh {G1519} home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Isa 65:19 : 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.
John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, {G3588} Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Isa 63:12 : 12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 18:4 : 4 For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Ps 24:8-9 : 8 Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. {H5542}
Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen 2:2 : 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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