Zechariah 6:4 Go deeper

Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? (KJV)

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וָאַ֙עַן֙va.'A.'anand I answered

Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B

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

Meaning: to answer

Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Zechariah 6:4 word 1

וָֽאֹמַ֔רva.'o.Marand I said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

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

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Zechariah 6:4 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

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 6:4 word 3

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 6:4 word 4

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 6:4 word 5

מָה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Zechariah 6:4 word 6

אֵ֖לֶּה'E.leh[are] these

Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: these

Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Zechariah 6:4 word 7

אֲדֹנִֽי\׃'a.do.NiO lord my

Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lord

Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Zechariah 6:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

So I inquired	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
of	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the angel	→	מַלְאָךְ H4397H messenger: angel
who was speaking	→	דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak
with me	→
What	→	מָה H4100 what?
are these	→	אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these
my lord	→	אָדוֹן H0113 lord

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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