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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“To buildלִבְנוֹתfor itלָהֿa houseבַיִתin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Shinar;שִׁנְעָרand when it is prepared,וְהוּכַןit will be set downוְהֻנִּיחָהthereשָּׁםonעַלits base.”מְכֻנָתָהּ
Zechariah 5:11
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “To build for it a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, it will be set down there on its base.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 5:11, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “To buildבְנוֹתvenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appears- a houseבַיִתvayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vayit” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Shinarשִׁנְעָרshinar
Shinar
Shinar, the Hebrew name of the plain of Babylonia, in southern Mesopotamia.
Where else “shinar” appears- and when it is preparedהוּכַןhuchan
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “huchan” appears- it will be set downהֻנִּיחָהhunicha
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hunicha” appears- its baseמְכֻנָתָmechunata
base
A base, a stand: the place where something is set (Zechariah 5:11).
Where else “mechunata” appears
Translation note
“Shinar”: Babylon (Genesis 10:10; 11:2).
The context
10And I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”
11 · This verse (above)