Zephaniah 2:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages [for] shepherds, and folds [for] a flock.

King James Bible
And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Hebrew
So the seacoast
חֶ֣בֶל (ḥe·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

will become
וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

[a land of] pastures,
נְוֺ֛ת (nə·wōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5116: Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation

having caves
כְּרֹ֥ת (kə·rōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3741: A cistern, well

filled with shepherds
רֹעִ֖ים (rō·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

and folds
וְגִדְר֥וֹת (wə·ḡiḏ·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1448: Enclosure

with sheep.
צֹֽאן׃ (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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