Zechariah 5:4

“I have sent it out, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears by my name falsely; and it will lodge in the midst of his house and consume it, both its timber and its stones.””

Zechariah 5:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 5:4, word by word

I have sent it outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti

go out

To go out of a place.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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and it will enterבָאָהvaa

enter

To go into a place.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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of the thiefגַּנָּבganav

thief

Thief.

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of the one who swearsנִּשְׁבָּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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by my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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falselyשָּׁקֶרshaker

lie

What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.

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and it will lodgeלָנֶהlane

spend the night

To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.

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in the midstתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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and consume itכִלַּתּchilat

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

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both its timberעֵצָיetsay

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

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and its stonesאֲבָנָיavanay

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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The context

3And he said to me, “This is the imprecation that goes out over the face of all the land; for everyone who steals, from here, according to it, has gone unpunished; and everyone who swears, from here, according to it, has gone unpunished.

4 · This verse (above)

5And the angel who talked with me went out and said to me, “Lift up, please, your eyes and see what this is that is going out.”

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