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On the Hebrew text. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition, as represented by standard diplomatic editions in their main wording; distinctively copyrighted critical apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the MT.

The Book of Obadiah (MT) — Interlinear Summary

A consolidated companion to the Masoretic-Text Obadiah data set: each chapter rendered as a six-tier Hebrew reverse-interlinear (Hebrew · gloss · parsing · syntax · semantic force · lexical note), with per-verse discourse analysis and a chapter argument-outline.

This document gathers, for each annotated chapter, the theme, the argument outline, and the textual / exegetical note (the text_note of each file, with the shared critical-text preface removed since it is stated once above). Edom brought low and Zion's vindication. The Hebrew follows the Masoretic Text in the Leningrad tradition (Westminster Leningrad Codex / OSHB); distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced, and Hebrew (MT) versification is used throughout.

Scope. 1 chapters · 21 verses · 292 annotated words.

Obadiah

Obadiah 1 — עבדיה 1

Theme. Obadiah 1 (21 verses in the MT) opens: The vision of Obadiah. Thus says YHWH YHWH concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from YHWH, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle. The middle of the chapter continues: In the day that you stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even you as one of them. It closes: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be YHWH's.

Outline.

Textual note. Obadiah 1 comprises 21 verses in MT order. Movement I (vv. 1-5) — The vision of Obadiah. The vision of Obadiah. Thus says YHWH YHWH concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from YHWH, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made you small among the heathen: you are greatly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose. Movement II (vv. 6-10) — How are of Esau searched out! are his hidden things sought up!. How are of Esau searched out! are his hidden things sought up! All the men of your confederacy have brought you to the border: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, prevailed against you; your bread have laid a wound under you: none understanding in him. Shall I not in that day, says YHWH, even destroy the wise out of Edom, and. Movement III (vv. 11-15) — In the day that you stoodest on the other side, in the day that the stra. In the day that you stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even you as one of them. But you shouldest not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest you have rejoiced over the children. Movement IV (vv. 16-20) — For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, shall all the heathen drink. For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the. Movement V (vv. 21) — And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be YHWH's. Where English printed Bibles divide verses differently, this annotation follows MT versification throughout.