Zechariah

Zechariah 9:3–4

3Tyre has built herself a fortress;

she has heaped up silver like dust,

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4Behold, the Lord will impoverish her

and cast her wealth into the sea,b

and she will be consumed by fire.

Footnotes

  • b 9:4 Or strike down her power on the sea

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Zechariah 9:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Tyreצֹ֛רṣōrNoun - proper - feminine singularH6865 Tyre
has builtוַתִּ֥בֶןwat·ti·ḇenConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH1129 build
herselfלָ֑הּlāhPreposition; third person feminine singular
a fortressמָצ֖וֹרmā·ṣō·wrNoun - masculine singularH4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
she has heaped upוַתִּצְבָּר־wat·tiṣ·bār-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH6651 heap up
silverכֶּ֙סֶף֙ke·sep̄Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
like dustכֶּֽעָפָ֔רke·‘ā·p̄ārPreposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH6083 dry earth, dust
and goldוְחָר֖וּץwə·ḥā·rūṣConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH2742 sharp, diligent
like the dirtכְּטִ֥יטkə·ṭîṭPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH2916 mud, mire, clay
of the streetsחוּצֽוֹת׃ḥū·ṣō·wṯNoun - masculine pluralH2351 the outside

Zechariah 9:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhin·nêhInterjectionH2009 lo! behold!
the Lordאֲדֹנָי֙’ă·ḏō·nāyNoun - proper - masculine singularH136 lord
will impoverish herיֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּהyō·w·ri·šen·nāhVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singularH3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
and castוְהִכָּ֥הwə·hik·kāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH5221 smite
her wealthחֵילָ֑הּḥê·lāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
into the seaבַיָּ֖םḇay·yāmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH3220 sea
and sheוְהִ֖יאwə·hîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
will be consumedתֵּאָכֵֽל׃tê·’ā·ḵêlVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH398 eat
by fireבָּאֵ֥שׁbā·’êšPreposition-b, Article; Noun - common singularH784 fire

Cross-references

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Zechariah 9:3 Ezekiel 28:4–5 · Joshua 19:29 · Ezekiel 27:33 · Job 27:16 · Isaiah 23:8 · 2 Samuel 24:7

Zechariah 9:4 Ezekiel 28:18 · Ezekiel 26:17 · Amos 1:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.