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And I lifted upוָאֶשָּׂאmy eyesעֵינַיand saw,וָאֵרֶאand look,וְהִנֵּהfourאַרְבַּעhorns.קְרָנוֹת
Zechariah 1:18
Study it in the app“And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and look, four horns.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 1:18, word by word
- And I lifted upאֶשָּׂאesa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “esa” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- and sawאֵרֶאere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- hornsקְרָנוֹתkeranot
horn
The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.
Where else “keranot” appears
Translation note
In the Hebrew, 1:18-21 are 2:1-4, and chapter 2 runs four verses behind.
The context
17Call out again, saying, Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: My cities will again overflow with good, and YHWH will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.’”
18 · This verse (above)
19And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”