And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםwill be ashamed,יֵבֹשׁוּeachאִישׁof his visionמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹwhen he prophesies;בְּהִנָּבְאֹתוֹand they will notוְלֹאput onיִלְבְּשׁוּa mantleאַדֶּרֶתof hairשֵׂעָרin order toלְמַעַןlie.כַּחֵשׁ
Zechariah 13:4
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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.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- will be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “yevoshu” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of his visionחֶזְיֹנchezyon
vision
A vision: what God shows or communicates, sometimes at night or in dreams.
Where else “chezyon” appears- when he prophesiesהִנָּבְאֹתhinavot
pose as prophet
To speak as God's message what God has not said.
Where else “hinavot” appears- put onיִלְבְּשׁוּyilbshu
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “yilbshu” appears- a mantleאַדֶּרֶתaderet
cloak
The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.
Where else “aderet” appears- of hairשֵׂעָרsear
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appears- lieכַּחֵשׁkachesh
deny
To say what is not so, or deny what is true.
Where else “kachesh” appears
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.’