Obadiahchapter 1
21 verses · Obadiah · about 586 BC · The Twelve
Original Language
Obadiah 1— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Obadiah 1. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Read here as the Haftarah
- Obadiah 1:1 to 1:21, with the portion Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 to 36:43).
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
6 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 6 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Though you nest among the stars, I will bring you down1
Obadiah 1:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah —Why is Obadiah different that he was chosen to prophesy concerning Edom and did not prophesy any other prophecy? Our Sages of blessed memory stated: Obadiah was an Edomite proselyte.
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Obadiah 1:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Thieves leave something behind; Esau will be ransacked bare5
Obadiah 1:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
You stood aside the day your brother was carried off10
Obadiah 1:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence of your brother Jacob —Because of the violence you inflicted upon Jacob.
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Obadiah 1:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:11
On the day you stood from afar —that you did not come to aid him.
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Obadiah 1:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:12
And you should not have looked on the day of your brother —You should not have looked and stood from afar.
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Obadiah 1:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:13
and you should not have stretched out upon their possessions —You should not have stretched out your hand upon their possessions. So did Jonathan render. And this is an ellipsis, to which we must add: “your hands.”
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Obadiah 1:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Obadiah 1:14
And you should not have stood by the gap Heb. הַפֶּרֶק. The place through which the escapees emerge to escape, and in French they call it “trou.
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As you have done, it shall be done to you15
Obadiah 1:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Saviors on Mount Zion, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's19
Obadiah 1:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Obadiah 1:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible