Zechariah

Zechariah 4:10

¹⁰For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes^a of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line^b in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

Footnotes

a 4:10 Or facets
b 4:10 Or the chosen capstone

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
has despised	בַז֮	ḇaz	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H936 despise
the day	לְי֣וֹם	lə·yō·wm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
of small things	קְטַנּוֹת֒	qə·ṭan·nō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H6996 small, young, unimportant
But these	אֵ֑לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
seven	שִׁבְעָה־	šiḇ·‘āh-	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
eyes	עֵינֵ֣י	‘ê·nê	Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
which	הֵ֥מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
scan	מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים	mə·šō·wṭ·ṭîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H7751 go or rove about
the whole	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
will rejoice	וְשָׂמְח֗וּ	wə·śā·mə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H8055 rejoice, be glad
when they see	וְרָא֞וּ	wə·rā·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
the plumb line	הָאֶ֧בֶן	hā·’e·ḇen	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
in the hand	בְּיַ֥ד	bə·yaḏ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of Zerubbabel	זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל	zə·rub·bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2216 Zerubbabel

Cross-references

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Job 8:7 · 1 Corinthians 1:28–29 · 2 Chronicles 16:9 · Matthew 13:31–33 · Haggai 2:3 · Proverbs 15:3 · Proverbs 4:18 · Zechariah 3:9 · Revelation 5:6 · Amos 7:7–8 · Isaiah 66:14 · Luke 15:5–10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.