Zechariah 2:1 Go deeper

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. (KJV)

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וָאֶשָּׂ֥אva.'e.Sa'and I lifted up

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375M

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to lift: look

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 22:4, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 24:63 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375M; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 1

עֵינַ֛י'ei.Naieyes my

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 2

וָאֵ֖רֶאva.'E.re'and I saw

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 3

וְהִנֵּה\־ve.hi.neh-and there!

Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: behold

Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 4

אִ֑ישׁ'Isha man

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

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

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 5

וּבְיָד֖וֹu.ve.ya.Doand [was] in hand his

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 6

חֶ֥בֶלChe.vela cord of

Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: cord

Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 7

מִדָּֽה\׃mi.Dahmeasurement

Lemma: מִדָּה (mid.dah) · Strong's: H4060A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: measure

Used 53 times. Also: Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 36:9, Exodus 36:15, Leviticus 19:35, Numbers 13:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4060A; TAHOT Zechariah 2:1 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Then I lifted	→	נָשָׂא H5375M to lift: look
up my eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
and saw	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
. . .	→	הִנֵּה H2009 behold
a man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
with a measuring	→	מִדָּה H4060A measure
line	→	חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord
in his hand	→	יָד H3027G hand

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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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