Zechariah
Zechariah 1:21
21“What are these coming to do?” I asked.
And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מָ֛ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| are these | אֵ֥לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| coming | בָאִ֖ים | ḇā·’îm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to do | לַֽעֲשׂ֑וֹת | la·‘ă·śō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
| I asked | וָאֹמַ֕ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| And He replied | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| These | אֵ֣לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| are the horns | הַקְּרָנ֞וֹת | haq·qə·rā·nō·wṯ | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H7161 horn |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| scattered | זֵ֣רוּ | zê·rū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| Judah | יְהוּדָ֗ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| so that | כְּפִי־ | kə·p̄î- | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6310 mouth |
| no | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| one | אִישׁ֙ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| could raise | נָשָׂ֣א | nā·śā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| his head | רֹאשׁ֔וֹ | rō·šōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7218 head |
| but the | אֵ֙לֶּה֙ | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| have come | וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ | way·yā·ḇō·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to terrify | לְהַחֲרִ֣יד | lə·ha·ḥă·rîḏ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H2729 tremble, be terrified |
| them | אֹתָ֔ם | ’ō·ṯām | Direct object marker; third person masculine plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| throw down | לְיַדּ֞וֹת | lə·yad·dō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H3034 throw, cast |
| these horns | קַרְנ֣וֹת | qar·nō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H7161 horn |
| of the nations | הַגּוֹיִ֗ם | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| that have lifted up | הַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים | han·nō·śə·’îm | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| their horns | קֶ֛רֶן | qe·ren | Noun - feminine singular | H7161 horn |
| against | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the land | אֶ֥רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֖ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| to scatter it | לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ס | lə·zā·rō·w·ṯāh | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 75:10 · Psalm 75:4–5 · Lamentations 2:17 · Zechariah 1:19 · Daniel 12:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.