Zechariah 7:1 Go deeper
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; (KJV)
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וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 1
בִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.Natin year
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 2
אַרְבַּ֔ע'ar.Ba'four
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 3
לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshof Darius
Lemma: דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ (dar.ya.vesh) · Strong's: H1867H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Darius
Used 7 times. Also: Ezra 4:5, Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:15, Haggai 2:10, Zechariah 1:1, Zechariah 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1867H; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 4
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 5
הָיָ֨הha.Yahit came
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 6
דְבַר\־de.var-[the] word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 7
יְהוָ֜הYah.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 7:1 word 8
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 7:1 word 9
זְכַרְיָ֗הze.khar.YahZechariah
Lemma: · Strong's: H2148v
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Zechariah
Source: TAHOT; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 10
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֛הbe.'ar.ba.'Ahon [day] four
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 11
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the month
Lemma: חֹ֫דֶשׁ (cho.desh) · Strong's: H2320G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: month
Used 256 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2320G; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 12
הַתְּשִׁעִ֖יha.te.shi.'I<the> ninth
Lemma: תְּשִׁיעִי (te.shi.i) · Strong's: H8671
Parsing: Aomsa (Aomsa)
Meaning: ninth
Used 18 times. Also: Leviticus 25:22, Numbers 7:60, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 25:1, 1 Chronicles 12:12, 1 Chronicles 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8671; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 13
בְּכִסְלֵֽו\׃be.khis.Levin Kislev
Lemma: כִּסְלֵו (kis.lev) · Strong's: H3691
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Chislev
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3691; TAHOT Zechariah 7:1 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In the fourth | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
| year | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| of King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| . . . | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| Darius | → | דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ H1867H Darius |
| the word | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| came | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Zechariah | → | H2148v |
| on the fourth | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
| day of the ninth | → | תְּשִׁיעִי H8671 ninth |
| month | → | חֹ֫דֶשׁ H2320G month |
| the month of Chislev | → | כִּסְלֵו H3691 Chislev |
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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