And I answeredוָאַעַןa second timeשֵׁנִיתand saidוָאֹמַרto him,אֵלָיו“Whatמַהare the twoשְׁתֵּיbranchesשִׁבֲּלֵיof the olive treesהַזֵּיתִיםthatאֲשֶׁרare besideבְּיַדthe twoשְׁנֵיgoldenהַזָּהָבtubesצַנְתְּרוֹתthat emptyהַמְרִיקִיםout of themselvesמֵעֲלֵיהֶםthe gold?”הַזָּהָב
Zechariah 4:12
Study it in the app“And I answered a second time and said to him, “What are the two branches of the olive trees that are beside the two golden tubes that empty out of themselves the gold?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 4:12, word by word
- And I answeredאַעַןaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “aan” appears- a second timeשֵׁנִיתshenit
again
Once more, after having been done before.
Where else “shenit” appears- and saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- are the twoשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- branchesשִׁבֲּלֵיshibale
ear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibale” appears- of the olive treesזֵּיתִיםzetim
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zetim” appears- are besideיַדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- goldenזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- tubesצַנְתְּרוֹתtsantrot
tube, pipe
A tube: a channel through which oil runs (Zechariah 4:12).
Where else “tsantrot” appears- that emptyמְרִיקִיםmerikim
empty
To leave a sack, jar or net without its contents, pouring them out.
Where else “merikim” appears
Translation note
“The gold”: it can be understood as the golden oil.
The context
11And I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”
12 · This verse (above)
13And he said to me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”