Zechariah 4:11 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 4:11

Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

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ASV

Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

KJV

Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאַ֖עַן	va.'A.'an	and I answered	H6030 →
וָאֹמַ֣ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֵלָ֑יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
שְּׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	[are] [the] two	H8147 →
הַזֵּיתִים֙	ha.zei.Tim	the olive trees	H2132 →
הָאֵ֔לֶה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
עַל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
יְמִ֥ין	ye.Min	[the] right [side] of	H3225 →
הַמְּנוֹרָ֖ה	ha.me.no.Rah	the lampstand	H4501 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and at	H5921 →
שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ׃	se.mo.Lah	left [side] its	H8040 →

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Through
Revelation 11:4
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
leads to
- Zechariah 4:11–14
  Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
- Zechariah 4:2–3
  “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
- Jeremiah 11:16
  The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
- Psalms 52:8
  But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Isaiah 54:5
  For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Through
Zechariah 4:3
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”
leads to
- Revelation 11:4
  These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- Zechariah 4:14
  So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
- Romans 11:17
  Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

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06About Zechariah

Where the connections lead

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