Zechariah 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.”

Zechariah 5:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zechariah 5:814 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

זֹ֣אתzōʾt

this womanprepH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

הָ/רִשְׁעָ֔הhārišəʿāh

is wickednessparticleH7564

wickedly

וַ/יַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְwayašəlēkə

and he threwconjH7993

cast (away · down · forth · off ···

אֹתָ֖/הּʾōtāh

herparticleH853

אֶלʾel

intopronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

תּ֣וֹךְtwōkə

the midst ofnounH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

הָֽ/אֵיפָ֑הhāʾēypāh

the ephahparticleH374

measure

וַ/יַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְwayašəlēkə

and he threwconjH7993

cast (away · down · forth · off ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֶ֥בֶןʾeben

the weight ofnounH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

הָ/עֹפֶ֖רֶתhāʿōperet

leadparticleH5777

אֶלʾel

intopronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּֽי/הָpiyhā

mouth itsnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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