Zechariah
Zechariah 7:3
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?”
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| 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 |
Cross-references
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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.