Zechariah 1:18 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶשָּׂ֥א	va.'e.Sa'	and I lifted up	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינַ֖י	'ei.Nai	eyes my	H5869 →
וָאֵ֑רֶא	va.'E.re'	and I saw	H7200 →
וְהִנֵּ֖ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
אַרְבַּ֥ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
קְרָנֽוֹת׃	ke.ra.Not	horns	H7161 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Joshua 5:13
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us…
leads to
- Genesis 18:2
  And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- Numbers 22:23
  When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her…
- Numbers 22:31
  Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16–17
  When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed…
- 1 Chronicles 21:30
  but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Through
Zechariah 5:9
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and…
leads to
- Daniel 9:26–27
  Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end…
- Hosea 8:1
  Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
  The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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2 Kings 24:1–20During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.Daniel 8:3–14Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.Joshua 5:13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”Zechariah 5:9Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.Daniel 8:3Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.Daniel 7:3–8Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.Zechariah 5:1Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.2 Kings 17:1–6In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.Daniel 2:37–43You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.Daniel 11:28–35The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.Zechariah 2:1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.Zechariah 5:5Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”2 Kings 18:9–12In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

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