Zechariah 13:4

“And it will happen on that day that the prophets will be ashamed, each of his vision when he prophesies; and they will not put on a mantle of hair in order to lie.”

Zechariah 13:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 13:4, word by word

And it will happenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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on that dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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that the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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will be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be ashamed

To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.

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eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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of his visionחֶזְיֹנchezyon

vision

A vision: what God shows or communicates, sometimes at night or in dreams.

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when he prophesiesהִנָּבְאֹתhinavot

pose as prophet

To speak as God's message what God has not said.

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put onיִלְבְּשׁוּyilbshu

put on

To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.

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a mantleאַדֶּרֶתaderet

cloak

The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.

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of hairשֵׂעָרsear

hair

Hair, body hair.

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lieכַּחֵשׁkachesh

deny

To say what is not so, or deny what is true.

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Translation note

According to the verse, the mantle of hair was the clothing of the prophets. Elijah is described as “a hairy man” (2 Kings 1:8), and he wore a cloak (2 Kings 2:13).

The context

3And it will happen that if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you have spoken a lie in the name of YHWH’; and his father and his mother who begot him will pierce him when he prophesies.

4 · This verse (above)

5And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a man who works the ground, for a man acquired me from my youth.’

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