Zechariah 4:1 Go deeper
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, (KJV)
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וַיָּ֕שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 1
הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְha.mal.'Akhthe angel
Lemma: מַלְאָךְ (ma.le.akh) · Strong's: H4397H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: messenger: angel
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4397H; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 2
הַדֹּבֵ֣רha.do.Verwho was speaking
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 3
וַיְעִירֵ֕נִיvay.'i.Re.niand he roused me
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 4
כְּאִ֖ישׁke.'Ishlike a person
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 4:1 word 5
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 6
יֵע֥וֹרye.'orhe is roused
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 7
מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ\׃mi.she.na.Tofrom sleep his
Lemma: שֵׁנָה (she.nah) · Strong's: H8142
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sleep
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 28:16, Genesis 31:40, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Esther 6:1, Job 14:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8142; TAHOT Zechariah 4:1 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then the angel | → | מַלְאָךְ H4397H messenger: angel |
| who was speaking | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| with me | → | |
| returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| and woke me | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| as a man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| is awakened | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| from his sleep | → | שֵׁנָה H8142 sleep |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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