Zechariah 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.Zechariah 5:4 in the real world
Who
In what words
- גַּנָּבgannâba stealer
- לוּןlûwnto stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense)
- שֶׁקֶרsheqeran untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻto seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- נְאֻםnᵉʼuman oracle
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hab 2:9–11, Pro 3:33, Mal 3:5, Lev 14:34–45, Job 18:15, Deu 7:26, Jas 5:2–3, Job 20:26