I sawרָאִיתִיin the night,הַלַּיְלָהand look,וְהִנֵּהa manאִישׁridingרֹכֵבonעַלa redאָדֹםhorse,סוּסand heוְהוּאwas standingעֹמֵדamongבֵּיןthe myrtlesהַהֲדַסִּיםthatאֲשֶׁרwere in the hollow;בַּמְּצֻלָהand behind himוְאַחֲרָיוwere horses,סוּסִיםred,אֲדֻמִּיםsorrel,שְׂרֻקִּיםand white.וּלְבָנִים
Zechariah 1:8
Study it in the app“I saw in the night, and look, a man riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtles that were in the hollow; and behind him were horses, red, sorrel, and white.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 1:8, word by word
- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- in the nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- ridingרֹכֵבrochev
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochev” appears- a redאָדֹםadom
red
Red, reddish.
Where else “adom” appears- horseסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- was standingעֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- the myrtlesהֲדַסִּיםhadasim
myrtle
Myrtle: a shrub with small, evergreen, fragrant leaves.
Where else “hadasim” appears- were in the hollowמְּצֻלָהmetsula
hollow
A hollow: a low, shaded place among trees (Zechariah 1:8).
Where else “metsula” appears- sorrelשְׂרֻקִּיםserukim
sorrel, bay
Sorrel or bay: reddish, said of horses (Zechariah 1:8).
Where else “serukim” appears- and whiteלְבָנִיםlevanim
white
White. It is the same word as the name "Laban".
Where else “levanim” appears
The context
7On the twenty- fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
8 · This verse (above)
9And I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”