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Whoמִיare you,אַתָּהgreatהַגָּדוֹלmountain?הַרBeforeלִפְנֵיZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶלyou will be a plain;לְמִישֹׁרand he will bring outוְהוֹצִיאthe topהָרֹאשָׁהstoneהָאֶבֶןamid shouts:תְּשֻׁאוֹת‘Favor,חֵןfavorחֵןto it!’”לָהּ
Zechariah 4:7
Study it in the app“Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will be a plain; and he will bring out the top stone amid shouts: ‘Favor, favor to it!’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 4:7, word by word
- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Zerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶלzerubavel
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel: a descendant of David who led the return of the exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of the house of YHWH (Ezra 3; Haggai 1-2).
Where else “zerubavel” appears- you will be a plainמִישֹׁרmishor
plain
Ground without hills.
Where else “mishor” appears- and he will bring outהוֹצִיאhotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appears- the topרֹאשָׁהrosha
top
Top: the top stone, the one that crowns and completes the work (Zechariah 4:7).
Where else “rosha” appears- stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- amid shoutsתְּשֻׁאוֹתteshuot
noise, shouting
Uproar, great noise.
Where else “teshuot” appears- ‘Favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,