Zechariah 5:4
I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”This verse 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