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וְעָל֤וּ מֹושִׁעִים֙ בְּהַ֣ר צִיֹּ֔ון לִשְׁפֹּ֖ט אֶת־הַ֣ר עֵשָׂ֑ו וְהָיְתָ֥ה לַיהוָ֖ה הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃ (Obadiah 1:21) And deliverers shall go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be YHWH’s. Rising of the Deliverers: וְעָלוּ מֹושִׁעִים בְּהַר צִיּוֹן וְעָלוּ (“and they shall ascend”) is a Qal perfect 3mp of ע־ל־ה with וְ as a narrative connector. This may reflect a prophetic perfect, expressing future certainty using perfect form. מֹושִׁעִים — “deliverers” or “saviors,” a masculine plural participle of י־שׁ־ע, meaning those who save or rescue בְּהַר צִיּוֹן — “on Mount Tsiyon (Zion),” location of restoration and divine rule This phrase announces the ascent of liberators — either human agents of divine justice or symbolic messianic figures — to the sacred mountain.… Learn Hebrew