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And the angelוַ הַמַּלְאָךְwho talkedהַדֹּבֵרwith meבִּיansweredיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Do you notהֲלוֹאknowיָדַעְתָּwhatמָהtheseאֵלֶּהare?”הֵמָּהAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“No,לֹאmy lord.”אֲדֹנִי
Zechariah 4:5
Study it in the app“And the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 4:5, word by word
- And the angelמַּלְאָךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- who talkedדֹּבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
4And I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 · This verse (above)
6And he answered and said to me, saying, “This is the word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by army and not by power, but by my spirit, says YHWH Tsevaot.