I have sent it out,הוֹצֵאתִיהָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתand it will enterוּבָאָהintoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the thiefהַגַּנָּבand intoוְאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the one who swearsהַנִּשְׁבָּעby my nameבִּשְׁמִיfalsely;לַשָּׁקֶרand it will lodgeוְלָנֶהin the midstבְּתוֹךְof his houseבֵּיתוֹand consume it,וְכִלַּתּוּboth its timberוְאֶת עֵצָיוand its stones.”וְאֶת אֲבָנָיו
Zechariah 5:4
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 5:4, word by word
- I have sent it outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “hotseti” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- and it will enterבָאָהvaa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vaa” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the thiefגַּנָּבganav
thief
Thief.
Where else “ganav” appears- of the one who swearsנִּשְׁבָּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- by my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- falselyשָּׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- and it will lodgeלָנֶהlane
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lane” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- and consume itכִלַּתּchilat
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “chilat” appears- both its timberעֵצָיetsay
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsay” appears- and its stonesאֲבָנָיavanay
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanay” appears
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.”