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And he will say,וְאָמַר‘Iאָנֹכִיam notלֹאa prophet;נָבִיאIאָנֹכִיam a manאִישׁwho worksעֹבֵדthe ground,אֲדָמָהforכִּיa manאָדָםacquired meהִקְנַנִיfrom my youth.’מִנְּעוּרָי
Zechariah 13:5
Study it in the app“And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a man who works the ground, for a man acquired me from my youth.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 13:5, word by word
- And he will sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- a prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- am a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who worksעֹבֵדoved
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “oved” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- a manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- acquired meהִקְנַhikna
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “hikna” appears- from my youth.’נְּעוּרָneura
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neura” appears
Translation note
“A man acquired me”: so says the Hebrew; it can be understood that he bought him as a slave.
The context
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And one will say to him, ‘What are these blows between your hands?’ And he will say, ‘Those with which I was struck in the house of my lovers.’