Zephaniah 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Young's Literal Translation
And those bowing themselves On the roofs to the host of the heavens, And those bowing themselves, Swearing to Jehovah, and swearing by Malcham,

King James Bible
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

Hebrew
those who bow
הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים (ham·miš·ta·ḥă·wîm)
Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the rooftops
הַגַּגּ֖וֹת (hag·gag·gō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1406: A roof, the top of an altar

to worship the heavenly
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

host,
לִצְבָ֣א (liṣ·ḇā)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

those who bow down
הַמִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ (ham·miš·ta·ḥă·wîm)
Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

and swear
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים (han·niš·bā·‘îm)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

by the LORD
לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

but also swear
וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (wə·han·niš·bā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

by Molech,
בְּמַלְכָּֽם׃ (bə·mal·kām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4445: Malcham -- a Benjamite

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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