Original Language Studio
Zephaniah 2:14
“And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7257 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- רָבְצ֨וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:7Genesis 29:2Genesis 49:9Genesis 49:14Genesis 49:25
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָבַץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.