Zechariah

Zechariah 2:4

⁴and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to him	אֵלָ֔ו	ʾē·lå̄w	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Run	רֻ֗ץ	ruṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7323 run
and tell	דַּבֵּ֛ר	dab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H1696 speak
that	הַלָּ֖ז	hal·lāz	Pronoun - masculine singular	H1975 this
young man	הַנַּ֥עַר	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
will be a city	תֵּשֵׁ֣ב	tê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
without walls	פְּרָזוֹת֙	pə·rā·zō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H6519 open region, hamlet
because of the multitude	מֵרֹ֥ב	mê·rōḇ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
of men	אָדָ֛ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
and livestock	וּבְהֵמָ֖ה	ū·ḇə·hê·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H929 beast, animal, cattle
within it	בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃	bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8432 midst

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.