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And the angelוַ הַמַּלְאָךְansweredיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי“Theseאֵלֶּהare the fourאַרְבַּעwindsרֻחוֹתof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםgoing outיוֹצְאוֹתfrom presenting themselvesמֵהִתְיַצֵּבbeforeעַלthe Lordאֲדוֹןof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Zechariah 6:5
Study it in the app“And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four winds of the heavens, going out from presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 6:5, word by word
- And the angelמַּלְאָךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- are the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- windsרֻחוֹתruchot
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruchot” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- going outיוֹצְאוֹתyotsot
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsot” appears- from presenting themselvesהִתְיַצֵּבhityatsev
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsev” appears- the Lordאֲדוֹןadon
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adon” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
“Winds”: the same Hebrew word also means “spirits.”
The context
4And I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 · This verse (above)
6The one in which are the black horses: they are going out to the land of the north, and the white have gone out after them, and the dappled have gone out to the land of the south.”