Zechariah
Zechariah 5:2
2“What do you see?” asked the angel.
“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.a”
Footnotes
- a 5:2 The flying scroll was approximately 30 feet long and 15 feet wide (9.1 meters long and 4.6 meters wide).
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 | מָ֥ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you | אַתָּ֖ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| see | רֹאֶ֑ה | rō·’eh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| asked | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I | אֲנִ֤י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| see | רֹאֶה֙ | rō·’eh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| a flying | עָפָ֔ה | ‘ā·p̄āh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H5774 fly |
| scroll | מְגִלָּ֣ה | mə·ḡil·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H4039 roll |
| I replied | וָאֹמַ֗ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| twenty | עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| cubits | בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה | bā·’am·māh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H520 ell, cubit |
| long | אָרְכָּהּ֙ | ’ā·rə·kāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H753 length |
| and ten | עֶ֥שֶׂר | ‘e·śer | Number - feminine singular | H6235 ten |
| cubits | בָּאַמָּֽה׃ | bā·’am·māh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H520 ell, cubit |
| wide | וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ | wə·rā·ḥə·bāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H7341 breadth, width |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.