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Zechariah 4:12

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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?	And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves?	And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I answered^H6030 again^H8145, and said^H559 unto him, What be these two^H8147 olive^H2132 branches^H7641 which through^H3027 the two^H8147 golden^H2091 pipes^H6804 empty^H7324 the golden^H2091 oil out of themselves?

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Original Hebrew

וָאַעַן שֵׁנִית וָאֹמַר אֵלָיו מַה־שְׁתֵּי שִׁבֲּלֵי הַזֵּיתִים אֲשֶׁר בְּיַד שְׁנֵי צַנְתְּרֹות הַזָּהָב הַמְרִיקִים מֵעֲלֵיהֶם הַזָּהָב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וָ/אַ֣עַן	va./'A.'an	H6030	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I answered
שֵׁנִ֔ית	she.Nit	H8145	HAofsa	a second (time)
וָ/אֹמַ֖ר	va./'o.Mar	H559	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I said
אֵלָ֑י/ו	'e.La/v	H413	HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
שְׁתֵּ֞י	she.Tei	H8147	HAcfdc	(are) (the) two
שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י	shi.ba.Lei	H7641	HNcfpc	(the) clusters of
הַ/זֵּיתִ֗ים	ha./zei.Tim	H2132	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ olive trees
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בְּ/יַ֗ד	be./Yad	H3027	HR/Ncbsc	(are) at/ (the) hand of
שְׁנֵי֙	she.Nei	H8147	HAcmdc	(the) two
צַנְתְּר֣וֹת	tzan.te.Rot	H6804	HNcmpc	(the) pipes of
הַ/זָּהָ֔ב	ha./za.Hav	H2091	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ gold
הַֽ/מְרִיקִ֥ים	ha/m.ri.Kim	H7324	HTd/Vhrmpa	which/ are pouring out
מֵ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם	me./'a.lei./Hem	H5921	HR/R/Sp3mp	from/ (the) on/ them
הַ/זָּהָֽב	ha./za.Hav	H2091	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ gold

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

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2132 — זַיִת (zayith, zay'-yith): probably from an unused root (akin to זִו); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry; olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.
• H6804 — צַנְתָּרָה (tsantârâh, tsan-taw-raw'): probably from the same as צִנּוּר; a tube; pipe.
• H7324 — רוּק (rûwq, rook): a primitive root; to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty; [idiom] arm, cast out, draw (out), (make) empty, pour forth (out).
• H7641 — שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl, shib-bole): or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת; from the same as שֹׁבֶל; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch; branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare סִבֹּלֶת.
• H8145 — שֵׁנִי (shênîy, shay-nee'): from שָׁנָה; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again; again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• 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.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• through — Haggai 1:1
• What be — Matthew 20:23, Revelation 11:4

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 8:11, Ezekiel 17:22, Zechariah 4:2, Zechariah 4:3, Zechariah 4:4

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: OIL
• Torrey’s: OIL, OLIVE-TREE, THE
• Nave’s: OLIVE, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES

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