Zechariah 1:5 Go deeper

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? (KJV)

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אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors your

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 1

אַיֵּה\־'ai.yeh-where?

Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 18:9, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 2

הֵ֑םHem[are] they

Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)

Meaning: they(masc.)

Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 3

וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔יםve.Ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophets

Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: prophet

Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 4

הַלְעוֹלָ֖םhal.'o.Lam¿ to forever

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: forever: enduring

Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 5

יִֽחְיֽוּ\׃Yich.Yudo they live

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Zechariah 1:5 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Where	→	אַיֵּה H0346 where?
. . .	→	הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.)
are your fathers now	→	אָב H0001G father
And the prophets	→	נָבִיא H5030 prophet
do they live	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
forever	→	עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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