Obadiah

Obadiah 1:3

³The pride of your heart has deceived you,

O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks^a

whose habitation is the heights,

who say in your heart,

‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Footnotes

a 1:3 Or in the retreats of Sela

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The pride	זְד֤וֹן	zə·ḏō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2087 insolence, presumptuousness
of your heart	לִבְּךָ֙	lib·bə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
has deceived you	הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ	hiš·šî·’e·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5377 beguile, deceive
O dwellers	שֹׁכְנִ֥י	šō·ḵə·nî	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H7931 settle down, abide, dwell
in the clefts	בְחַגְוֵי־	ḇə·ḥaḡ·wê-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2288 rift in rocks
of the rocks	סֶּ֖לַע	se·la‘	Noun - masculine singular	H5553 crag, cliff
whose habitation is	שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ	šiḇ·tōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7675 seat, dwelling, place
the heights	מְר֣וֹם	mə·rō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4791 height
who say	אֹמֵ֣ר	’ō·mêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
in your heart	בְּלִבּ֔וֹ	bə·lib·bōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
Who	מִ֥י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
can bring me down	יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי	yō·w·ri·ḏê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
to the ground	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

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Isaiah 14:13–15 · Proverbs 29:23 · Jeremiah 49:16 · 2 Kings 14:7 · Isaiah 16:6 · Malachi 1:4 · Isaiah 47:7–8 · Proverbs 16:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.