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Zephaniah 2

Sof. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
coast
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
shall be dwellings
naveh (Hebrew #5116)
from 5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
KJV usage: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
Pronounce: naw-veh'
Origin: or (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}
and cottages
karah (Hebrew #3741)
a meadow
KJV usage: cottage.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 3733
for shepherds
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and folds
gderah (Hebrew #1448)
enclosure (especially for flocks)
KJV usage: (sheep-) cote (fold) hedge, wall.
Pronounce: ghed-ay-raw'
Origin: feminine of 1447
for flocks
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
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J. N. Darby Translation

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and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellingsi for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

JND Translation Notes

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Or, "shall be meadows, shepherds' cisterns."