Zechariah

Zechariah 7:2–3

²Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men,^b to plead before the LORD ³by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

Footnotes

b 7:2 Or Bethel-sharezer had sent Regem-melech, along with his men,

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Zechariah 7:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the people of Bethel	אֵ֔ל	’êl	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1008 Bethel
had sent	וַיִּשְׁלַח֙	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
Sharezer	אֶ֕צֶר	’e·ṣer	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8272 Sharetser
and Regem-melech	מֶ֖לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7278 Regem-Melek
along with their men	וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֑יו	wa·’ă·nā·šāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
to plead	לְחַלּ֖וֹת	lə·ḥal·lō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2470 be weak, sick
before	פְּנֵ֥י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Zechariah 7:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
by asking	לֵאמֹ֗ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
the priests	הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
of the house	לְבֵית־	lə·ḇêṯ-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֔וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
as well as	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the prophets	הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים	han·nə·ḇî·’îm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
Should I weep	הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙	ha·’eḇ·keh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1058 weep, bewail
and fast	הִנָּזֵ֕ר	hin·nā·zêr	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute	H5144 dedicate, consecrate
in the fifth	הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י	ha·ḥă·mi·šî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H2549 fifth
month	בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ	ba·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I have done	עָשִׂ֔יתִי	‘ā·śî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6213 do, make
these	זֶ֖ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
many	כַּמֶּ֥ה	kam·meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
years	שָׁנִֽים׃פ	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year

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Zechariah 7:2 Zechariah 8:21 · Jeremiah 26:19 · 1 Kings 13:6 · 1 Samuel 13:12

Zechariah 7:3 Zechariah 8:19 · James 4:8–10 · Hosea 4:6 · Matthew 9:15 · 1 Corinthians 7:5 · Malachi 2:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.