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When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 9:13 word 1
דָרַ֨כְתִּיda.Rakh.tiI will bend
Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to tread
Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 2
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 3
קֶ֚שֶׁתKe.sheta bow
Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: bow
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 4
מִלֵּ֣אתִיmi.Le.tiI will fill
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to fill
Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 5
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 6
וְעוֹרַרְתִּ֤יve.'o.rar.Tiand I will rouse
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
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 9:13 word 7
בָנַ֙יִךְ֙va.Na.yikhsons your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 8
צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonO Zion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 9
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 10
בָּנַ֖יִךְba.Na.yikhsons your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 11
יָוָ֑ןya.VanO Greece
Lemma: יָוָן (ya.van) · Strong's: H3120H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Greece
Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 27:19, Daniel 8:21, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3120H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 12
וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְve.sam.Tikhand I will make you
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 13
כְּחֶ֥רֶבke.Che.revlike [the] sword of
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 14
גִּבּֽוֹר\׃gi.Bora warrior
Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mighty man
Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I will bend | → | דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread |
| Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
| as My bow | → | קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow |
| and fit it | → | מָלֵא H4390 to fill |
| with Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| I will rouse | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| your sons | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| O Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| against | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the sons | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Greece | → | יָוָן H3120H Greece |
| I will make you | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| like the sword | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| of a mighty man | → | גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man |
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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