Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:5

⁵those who bow on the rooftops

to worship the host of heaven,

those who bow down and swear by the LORD

but also swear by Milcom,^b

Footnotes

b 1:5 Or by their king; Milcom is a variant of Molech; see Leviticus 18:21|LEV 18:21and 1 Kings 11:7.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
those who bow	הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים	ham·miš·ta·ḥă·wîm	Article; Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural	H7812 bow down
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the rooftops	הַגַּגּ֖וֹת	hag·gag·gō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1406 roof, top
the host	לִצְבָ֣א	liṣ·ḇā	Preposition-l; Noun - common singular construct	H6635 army, war, warfare
of heaven	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
those who bow down	הַמִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙	ham·miš·ta·ḥă·wîm	Article; Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural	H7812 bow down
and swear	הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים	han·niš·bā·‘îm	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H7650 swear
by the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
but also swear	וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים	wə·han·niš·bā·‘îm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H7650 swear
by Milcom	בְּמַלְכָּֽם׃	bə·mal·kām	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H4428 king

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.