Zechariah 4:3

“And two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on its left.””
Zechariah 4:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And twoוּשְׁנַיִםolive treesזֵיתִיםbeside it,עָלֶיהָoneאֶחָדon the rightמִימִיןof the bowlהַגֻּלָּהand oneוְאֶחָדonעַלits left.”שְׂמֹאלָהּ

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Both texts speak of two olive trees (in Zechariah 4:3, on either side of the lampstand).

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

שְׁנַיִםshenayimH8147δύοdyoG1417“two”
זֵיתִיםzetimH2132ἐλαῖαιelaiaiG1636“olive tree, olive”

Zechariah 4:3, word by word

And twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

Where else “shenayim” appears

olive treesזֵיתִיםzetim

olive tree

A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.

Where else “zetim” appears

oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “echad” appears

on the rightימִיןymin

right side

The right side.

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of the bowlגֻּלָּהgula

bowl

A deep vessel, or a sphere.

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its leftשְׂמֹאלָsemola

left

The side of the hand that is not the right.

Where else “semola” appears

The context

2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I have seen, and look, a lampstand all of gold, and its bowl on its top, and its seven lamps on it; seven and seven pipes for the lamps that are on its top.

3 · This verse (above)

4And I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

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