Zephaniah 3:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Young's Literal Translation
Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

King James Bible
Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Hebrew
Her princes
שָׂרֶ֣יהָ (śā·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

are roaring
שֹֽׁאֲגִ֑ים (šō·’ă·ḡîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7580: To rumble, moan

lions;
אֲרָי֖וֹת (’ă·rā·yō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 738: A lion

her judges [are]
שֹׁפְטֶ֙יהָ֙ (šō·p̄ə·ṭe·hā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

evening
עֶ֔רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

wolves,
זְאֵ֣בֵי (zə·’ê·ḇê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2061: A wolf

leaving
גָרְמ֖וּ (ḡā·rə·mū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1633: To bone, denude, the bones

nothing
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

for the morning.
לַבֹּֽקֶר׃ (lab·bō·qer)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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