Zechariah 4:9 Go deeper
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. (KJV)
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יְדֵ֣יye.Dei[the] hands of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
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 4:9 word 1
זְרֻבָּבֶ֗לze.ru.ba.VelZerubbabel
Lemma: זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל (ze.rub.ba.vel) · Strong's: H2216
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Zerubbabel
Used 21 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 3:19, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 4:2, Ezra 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2216; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 2
יִסְּד֛וּyi.se.Duthey have founded
Lemma: יָסַד (ya.sad) · Strong's: H3245
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to found
Used 43 times. Also: Exodus 9:18, Joshua 6:26, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 6:37, 1 Kings 7:10, 1 Kings 16:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3245; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 3
הַבַּ֥יִתha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 4
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 5
וְיָדָ֣יוve.ya.Davand hands his
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
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 4:9 word 6
תְּבַצַּ֑עְנָהte.va.Tza'.nahthey will finish [it]
Lemma: בָּצַע (ba.tsa) · Strong's: H1214H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVpi3fp)
Meaning: to cut off: to end
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 10:12, Joel 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1214H; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 7
וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taand you will know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 8
כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 9
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 10
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: Hosts
Used 285 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635B; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 11
שְׁלָחַ֥נִיshe.la.Cha.nihe has sent me
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 12
אֲלֵיכֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Khemto you
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Zechariah 4:9 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| of Zerubbabel | → | זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל H2216 Zerubbabel |
| have laid the foundation | → | יָסַד H3245 to found |
| of this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| and his hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| will complete it | → | בָּצַע H1214H to cut off: to end |
| Then you will know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| of Hosts | → | צָבָא H6635B Hosts |
| has sent me | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| to you | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
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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