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And I said,וָאֹמַר“Whatמַהis it?”הִיאAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֹאתis the ephahהָאֵיפָהthat is going out.”הַיּוֹצֵאתAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֹאתis their appearanceעֵינָםin allבְּכָלthe land.”הָאָרֶץ
Zechariah 5:6
Study it in the app“And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the ephah that is going out.” And he said, “This is their appearance in all the land.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 5:6, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- is the ephahאֵיפָהefa
ephah
Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.
Where else “efa” appears- that is going outיּוֹצֵאתyotset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appears- is their appearanceעֵינָena
appearance
Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.
Where else “ena” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
The ephah was a basket for measuring grain, of about twenty-two liters. “Their appearance”: literally “their eye” (עֵינָם); with one different letter (עֲוֹנָם) it reads “their iniquity.”
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And look, a round cover of lead was lifted up, and this was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.