And I said,וָאֹמַר“Whatמָהare theseאֵלֶּהcomingבָאִיםto do?”לַעֲשׂוֹתAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Theseאֵלֶּהare the hornsהַקְּרָנוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרscatteredזֵרוּJudah,יְהוּדָהso thatכְּפִיno oneאִישׁ לֹאlifted upנָשָׂאhis head;רֹאשׁוֹand theseוַ אֵלֶּהhave comeיָּבֹאוּto terrifyלְהַחֲרִידthem,אֹתָםto throw downלְיַדּוֹתthe hornsקַרְנוֹתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםwho lift upהַנֹּשְׂאִיםa hornקֶרֶןagainstאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Judahיְהוּדָהto scatter it.”לְזָרוֹתָהּ
Zechariah 1:21
Study it in the app“And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, saying, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one lifted up his head; and these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who lift up a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 1:21, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- comingבָאִיםvaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vaim” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- are the hornsקְּרָנוֹתkeranot
horn
The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.
Where else “keranot” appears- scatteredזֵרוּzeru
scatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “zeru” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- so thatפִיfi
General meaning: Mouth; command; edge.
Where else “fi” appears- no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- lifted upנָשָׂאnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appears- his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- to terrifyהַחֲרִידhacharid
frighten
To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.
Where else “hacharid” appears- to throw downיַדּוֹתyadot
cast
To throw an arrow or a stone with force.
Where else “yadot” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
The context
20And YHWH showed me four craftsmen.
21 · This verse (above)