Zechariah 5:9

“And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and look, two women coming out, and wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of the stork; and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.”

Zechariah 5:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 5:9, word by word

And I lifted upאֶשָּׂאesa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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my eyesעֵינַena

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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and sawאֵרֶאere

see

To see with one's eyes.

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twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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womenנָשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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coming outיוֹצְאוֹתyotsot

go out

To go out of a place.

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and windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

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was in their wingsכַנְפֵיchanfe

wing

A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.

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of the storkחֲסִידָהchasida

stork

Stork.

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the ephahאֵיפָהefa

ephah

Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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The context

8And he said, “This is wickedness.” And he threw her into the midst of the ephah, and threw the stone of lead on its mouth.

9 · This verse (above)

10And I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”

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