Zechariah 9:3 Go deeper

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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַתִּ֥בֶןva.Ti.venand it built

Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to build

Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 1

צֹ֛רtzorTyre

Lemma: צֹר (tsor) · Strong's: H6865

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Tyre

Used 42 times. Also: Joshua 19:29, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 24:7, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 7:13, 1 Kings 9:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6865; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 2

מָצ֖וֹרma.Tzora fortification

Lemma: מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) · Strong's: H4692

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: siege

Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:55, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 24:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4692; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 3

וַתִּצְבָּר\־va.titz.bor-and it heaped up

Lemma: צָבַר (tsa.var) · Strong's: H6651

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to heap

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 8:14, Job 27:16, Psalms 39:6, Habakkuk 1:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6651; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 4

כֶּ֙סֶף֙ke.sefsilver

Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: silver: money

Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 5

כֶּֽעָפָ֔רke.'a.Farlike <the> dust

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 6

וְחָר֖וּץve.cha.Rutzand gold

Lemma: חָרוּץ (cha.ruts) · Strong's: H2742D

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: gold

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 68:13, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:19, Proverbs 16:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2742D; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 7

כְּטִ֥יטke.Titlike [the] mud of

Lemma: טִיט (tit) · Strong's: H2916

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

Meaning: mud

Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 41:30, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:14, Isaiah 41:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2916; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 8

חוּצֽוֹת\׃chu.Tzot[the] streets

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Zechariah 9:3 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Tyre	→	צֹר H6865 Tyre
has built	→	בָּנָה H1129 to build
herself	→
a fortress	→	מָצוֹר H4692 siege
she has heaped up	→	צָבַר H6651 to heap
silver	→	כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money
like dust	→	עָפָר H6083 dust
and gold	→	חָרוּץ H2742D gold
like the dirt	→	טִיט H2916 mud
of the streets	→	חוּץ H2351 outside

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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