Zechariah 1:21
“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
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ASV
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.
KJV
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
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32 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֹמַ֕ר | va.'o.Mar | and I said | H559 → |
| מָ֛ה | mah | what? | H4100 → |
| אֵ֥לֶּה | 'E.leh | [are] these | H428 → |
| בָאִ֖ים | va.'Im | coming | H935 → |
| לַֽעֲשׂ֑וֹת | la.'a.Sot | to do | H6213 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| אֵ֣לֶּה | 'E.leh | these | H428 → |
| הַקְּרָנ֞וֹת | ha.ke.ra.Not | [are] the horns | H7161 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| זֵ֣רוּ | Ze.ru | they scattered | H2219 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
| כְּפִי־ | ke.fi- | according to [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| אִישׁ֙ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| נָשָׂ֣א | na.Sa' | he lifted up | H5375 → |
| רֹאשׁ֔וֹ | ro.Sho | head his | H7218 → |
| וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ | vai.ya.Vo.'u | and they have come | H935 → |
| אֵ֙לֶּה֙ | 'e.leh | these [craftsmen] | H428 → |
| לְהַחֲרִ֣יד | le.ha.cha.Rid | to terrify | H2729 → |
| אֹתָ֔ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| לְיַדּ֞וֹת | le.ya.Dot | to throw down | H3034 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| קַרְנ֣וֹת | kar.Not | [the] horns of | H7161 → |
| הַגּוֹיִ֗ם | ha.go.Yim | the nations | H1471 → |
| הַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים | ha.no.se.'Im | which lifted up | H5375 → |
| קֶ֛רֶן | Ke.ren | a horn | H7161 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | against | H413 → |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | 'E.retz | [the] land of | H776 → |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
| לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ ס | le.za.ro.Tah | to scatter it | H2219 → |
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