Obadiah 1:5
"If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night,.... Whether the one came by day, and the other by night, or both by night, the same being meant by different words, whose intent is to plunder and steal, and carry off what they can; thy condition would not be worse, nor so bad as now it is: for how art thou cut off! from being a nation, wholly destroyed; thy people killed, or carried captive; thy

fortresses demolished, towns and cities levelled with the ground, and all thy wealth and substance carried off, and nothing left: these are either the words of God, or of the prophet, setting forth their utter ruin, as if it was already; or of the nations round about, wondering at their sudden destruction. Some render it, "how silent art thou!" (q) that is, under all these calamities: or, "how art thou asleep!" or "stupefied!" as the Targum and Jarchi; not to be upon thy guard against the incursions of the enemy, but careless, secure, and stupid, and now stripped of everything: had common thieves and robbers broke in upon thee, would they not have stolen till they had enough? as much as they came for, or could carry off; they seldom strip a house into which they enter of everything in it; they come for some particular things, and, meeting with them, they go off, and leave the rest: if the grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some grapes? that is, if men should come into thy vineyards, and gather the grapes, and carry them off by force or stealth, would they take them all a way? doubtless they would leave some behind; some would be hid under the boughs, and be left unobserved by them: or the allusion is to gatherers of grapes, who gather them for the owners, and at their direction, who were wont to leave some clusters for the poor to glean after them; but in the case of Edom it is suggested that nothing should be left, all should be clean carried off; the destruction would he complete and entire. The Targum is, "if spoilers as grape gatherers should come unto thee, &c.'' see Jer 49:9 . (q) "quomodo redactus es in silentium?" Calvin; "quomodo siles?" some in Tarnovius; so Syr.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (17 words)

H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H1590 גַּנָּב
Definition:

1thief—גַּנָּבExodus 22:112t.;גַּנָּבִיםIsaiah 1:233t. —thiefthat breaks inExodus 22:1;Exodus 22:6;Exodus 22:7(JE); by windowJoel 2:9(in simile);thiefas one who stealsIsaiah 1:23;Psalm 50:18;Proverbs 1thief—גַּנָּבExodus 22:112t.;גַּנָּבִיםIsaiah 1:233t. —thiefthat breaks inExodus 22:1;Exodus 22:6;Exodus 22:7(JE); by windowJoel 2:9(in simile);thiefas one who stealsIsaiah 1:23;Psalm 50:18;Proverbs

H0935 בּוֹא
Definition:

13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti

Possible Meanings:
  • come in (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • go in (semantic_range)
  • go (semantic_range)
  • come in (semantic_range)
H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H7703 שָׁדַד
Definition:

12; suffixשַׁדּוּנִיPsalm 17:9;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשׁוּד(metaplastic, compare Ges§ 67qBae)Psalm 91:6suffixיְשָׁדֵּם(Ges§ 67n)Proverbs 11:3Qr (Kt Perfectושׁדם),יְשָׁדְדֵםJeremiah 5:6;Imperati 12; suffixשַׁדּוּנִיPsalm 17:9;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשׁוּד(metaplastic, compare Ges§ 67qBae)Psalm 91:6suffixיְשָׁדֵּם(Ges§ 67n)Proverbs 11:3Qr (Kt Perfectושׁדם),יְשָׁדְדֵםJeremiah 5:6;Imperati

Possible Meanings:
  • deal violently with (semantic_range)
  • despoil (semantic_range)
  • devastate (semantic_range)
  • ruin (semantic_range)
  • violently destroy (semantic_range)
H3915 לַיִל
Definition:

5night(Late Hebrewid.; MI15(ב)ללה; Aramaicלֵילָא,,; Arabic,; Ethiopicall =night; Assyrianlîlâtu,eveningDlHWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probablyלילי, and endingהָ֯radical, and notהlocative, NöM 127Dl 5night(Late Hebrewid.; MI15(ב)ללה; Aramaicלֵילָא,,; Arabic,; Ethiopicall =night; Assyrianlîlâtu,eveningDlHWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probablyלילי, and endingהָ֯radical, and notהlocative, NöM 127Dl

H0349 אֵיךְ
Definition:

9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137 9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137

Possible Meanings:
  • How? (semantic_range)
  • How! (semantic_range)
H1820 דָּמָה
Definition:

2,וְדָמִ֫יתִיconsecutiveHosea 4:5;Imperfect3feminine singularתִּדְמֶהLamentations 3:49; 3feminine plural jussiveתִּדְמֶינָהJeremiah 14:17; —1intransitiveceaseJeremiah 14:17(eyes from weeping)Lamentati 2,וְדָמִ֫יתִיconsecutiveHosea 4:5;Imperfect3feminine singularתִּדְמֶהLamentations 3:49; 3feminine plural jussiveתִּדְמֶינָהJeremiah 14:17; —1intransitiveceaseJeremiah 14:17(eyes from weeping)Lamentati

Possible Meanings:
  • be like (semantic_range)
H3808 לֹא
Definition:

11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, 11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay,

H1589 גָּנַב
Definition:

18;Job 27:20,גְּנָבָ֫תַםGenesis 31:22; 2masculine singularגָּנַבְתּGenesis 31:30; 1singularוְגָנַ֑בְתִּיconsecutiveProverbs 30:9;גָּנְָֽבוּJoshua 7:11;2 Samuel 21:12; suffixגְּנָבוּךָ2 Samuel 19:42;Im 18;Job 27:20,גְּנָבָ֫תַםGenesis 31:22; 2masculine singularגָּנַבְתּGenesis 31:30; 1singularוְגָנַ֑בְתִּיconsecutiveProverbs 30:9;גָּנְָֽבוּJoshua 7:11;2 Samuel 21:12; suffixגְּנָבוּךָ2 Samuel 19:42;Im

Possible Meanings:
  • thief (semantic_range)
H1767 דַּי
Definition:

—1absolute thrice onlyMalachi 3:10I will pour you out a blessingעַדבְּֿלִידָֽֿיuntil there is notsufficiency, i.e. until my abundance can be exhausted, or, as this can never be, for ever (comparePsalm —1absolute thrice onlyMalachi 3:10I will pour you out a blessingעַדבְּֿלִידָֽֿיuntil there is notsufficiency, i.e. until my abundance can be exhausted, or, as this can never be, for ever (comparePsalm

Possible Meanings:
  • who (semantic_range)
  • which (semantic_range)
  • that (semantic_range)
  • that (semantic_range)
  • because (semantic_range)
H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H1219 בָּצַר
Definition:

13; 2masculine singularתִּבְצֹרLeviticus 25:5;Deuteronomy 24:21,וַיִּבְצְרוּJudges 9:27,תִּבְצְרוּLeviticus 25:11;ParticipleactiveבּוֺצֵרJeremiah 6:9,˜בֹּצְרִיםJeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 5; passive mascul 13; 2masculine singularתִּבְצֹרLeviticus 25:5;Deuteronomy 24:21,וַיִּבְצְרוּJudges 9:27,תִּבְצְרוּLeviticus 25:11;ParticipleactiveבּוֺצֵרJeremiah 6:9,˜בֹּצְרִיםJeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 5; passive mascul

Possible Meanings:
  • fortress (semantic_range)
H0935 בּוֹא
Definition:

13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti

Possible Meanings:
  • come in (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • go in (semantic_range)
  • go (semantic_range)
  • come in (semantic_range)
H3808 לֹא
Definition:

11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, 11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. Negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) -- X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay,

H7604 שָׁאַר
Definition:

11the youngest stillremains.Niph`al93Perfect3masculine singularנִשְׁאַרGenesis 47:18+; 3 feminine singularנִשְׁאֲרָהJoshua 13:1;Daniel 10:8, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשָּׁאֵרIsaiah 11:11,16,ו 11the youngest stillremains.Niph`al93Perfect3masculine singularנִשְׁאַרGenesis 47:18+; 3 feminine singularנִשְׁאֲרָהJoshua 13:1;Daniel 10:8, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשָּׁאֵרIsaiah 11:11,16,ו

Possible Meanings:
  • rest (semantic_range)
  • remainder (semantic_range)
H5955 עֹלֵלה
Definition:

absolute׳עIsaiah 17:6(""כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת),Isaiah 24:13(simile; ""id., +בָּצִיר),Jeremiah 49:9(compareבֹּצְרִיםva) = Obadiah 5(id.); constructעֹלִלֹת בָּצִירMicah 7:1; figurative of warlike achievementעֹ absolute׳עIsaiah 17:6(""כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת),Isaiah 24:13(simile; ""id., +בָּצִיר),Jeremiah 49:9(compareבֹּצְרִיםva) = Obadiah 5(id.); constructעֹלִלֹת בָּצִירMicah 7:1; figurative of warlike achievementעֹ

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