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Obadiah 1:9

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1:9 Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, 1 

so that 2  everyone 3  will be destroyed 4  from Esau’s mountain!

1 sn Teman, like Sela, was a prominent city of Edom. The name Teman is derived from the name of a grandson of Esau (cf. Gen 36:11). Here it is a synecdoche of part for whole, standing for all of Edom.

2 tn The Hebrew word used here (לְמַעַן, lÿmaan) usually expresses purpose. The sense in this context, however, is more likely that of result.

3 tn Heb “a man,” meaning “every single person” here; cf. KJV “every one.”

4 tn Heb “cut off” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “cut down”; CEV “wiped out.”



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