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Zechariah 1:8

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Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,	I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.	Then said I, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these [be].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I saw^H7200 by night^H3915, and behold a man^H376 riding^H7392 upon a red^H122 horse^H5483, and he stood^H5975 among the myrtle trees^H1918 that were in the bottom^H4699; and behind^H310 him were there red^H122 horses^H5483, speckled^H8320, and white^H3836.

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Original Hebrew

רָאִיתִי ׀ הַלַּיְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ רֹכֵב עַל־סוּס אָדֹם וְהוּא עֹמֵד בֵּין הַהֲדַסִּים אֲשֶׁר בַּמְּצֻלָה וְאַחֲרָיו סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים שְׂרֻקִּים וּלְבָנִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רָאִ֣יתִי	ra.'I.ti	H7200	HVqp1cs	I saw
הַ/לַּ֗יְלָה	ha./Lay.lah	H3915	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ night
וְ/הִנֵּה	ve./hi.neh-	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
אִישׁ֙	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
רֹכֵב֙	ro.Khev	H7392	HVqrmsa	(was) riding
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
ס֣וּס	sus	H5483	HNcmsa	a horse
אָדֹ֔ם	'a.Dom	H122	HAamsa	red
וְ/ה֣וּא	ve./Hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ he
עֹמֵ֔ד	'o.Med	H5975	HVqrmsa	(was) standing
בֵּ֥ין	bein	H996	HR	between
הַ/הֲדַסִּ֖ים	ha./ha.da.Sim	H1918	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ myrtle trees
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בַּ/מְּצֻלָ֑ה	ba./me.tzu.Lah	H4699	HRd/Ncfsa	(were) in the/ hollow
וְ/אַחֲרָי/ו֙	ve./'a.cha.Ra/v	H310	HC/R/Sp3ms	and/ (were) behind/ him
סוּסִ֣ים	su.Sim	H5483	HNcmpa	horses
אֲדֻמִּ֔ים	'a.du.Mim	H122	HAampa	red
שְׂרֻקִּ֖ים	se.ru.Kim	H8320	HAampa	sorrel
וּ/לְבָנִֽים	u./le.va.Nim	H3836	HC/Aampa	and/ white

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H122 — אָדֹם (ʼâdôm, aw-dome'): from אָדַם; rosy; red, ruddy.
• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H1918 — הֲדַס (hădaç, had-as'): of uncertain derivation; the myrtle; myrtle (tree).
• H3836 — לָבָן (lâbân, law-bawn'): or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן; from לָבַן; white; white.
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H4699 — מְצֻלָּה (mᵉtsullâh, mets-ool-law'): from צָלַל; shade; bottom.
• H5483 — סוּס (çûwç, soos): or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight); crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare פָּרָשׁ.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7392 — רָכַב (râkab, raw-kab'): a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch; bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
• H8320 — שָׂרֻק (sâruq, saw-rook'): from שָׁרַק; bright red (as piercing to the sight), i.e. bay; speckled. See שָׂרוּק.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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