Zechariah

Zechariah 13:5

⁵He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.^b’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He will say	וְאָמַ֕ר	wə·’ā·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I	אָנֹ֑כִי	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
am not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a prophet	נָבִ֖יא	nā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
I	אָנֹ֔כִי	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
work	עֹבֵ֤ד	‘ō·ḇêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5647 work, serve
the land	אֲדָמָה֙	’ă·ḏā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I was purchased as a servant	הִקְנַ֥נִי	hiq·na·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7069 get, acquire
in my youth	מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃	min·nə·‘ū·rāy	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.