{
"verseID": "Zechariah.1.6",
"source": "אַ֣ךְ ׀ דְּבָרַ֣י וְחֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲל֥וֹא הִשִּׂ֖יגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַ֜ם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔נוּ כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ כֵּ֖ן עָשָׂ֥ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃",
"text": "*ʾaḵ* *dᵉḇāray* *wᵉḥuqqay* which *ṣiwwîtî* *ʾet*-*ʿăḇāday* the *nᵉḇîʾîm*, *hălôʾ* *hiśśîgû* *ʾăḇōtêḵem*? *wayyāšûḇû* *wayyōʾmᵉrû*, 'As *zāmam* *YHWH* *ṣᵉḇāʾôt* *laʿăśôt* to-us, according to *kiḏᵉrāḵênû* and-according to *ḵᵉmaʿălālênû*, so *ʿāśāh* with-us'",
"grammar": {
"*ʾaḵ*": "adverb - surely/only/nevertheless",
"*dᵉḇāray*": "noun masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my words",
"*wᵉḥuqqay*": "conjunction *wᵉ* + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my statutes/decrees",
"*ṣiwwîtî*": "verb piel perfect 1st person singular - I commanded",
"*ʿăḇāday*": "noun masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix with direct object marker *ʾet* - my servants",
"*nᵉḇîʾîm*": "noun masculine plural with definite article - the prophets",
"*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle - did not?",
"*hiśśîgû*": "verb hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - overtook/reached",
"*ʾăḇōtêḵem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers",
"*wayyāšûḇû*": "conjunction *wa* + verb qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with consecutive vav - and they returned/repented",
"*wayyōʾmᵉrû*": "conjunction *wa* + verb qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with consecutive vav - and they said",
"*zāmam*": "verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - purposed/planned",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh",
"*ṣᵉḇāʾôt*": "noun feminine plural construct - of hosts/armies",
"*laʿăśôt*": "preposition *lᵉ* + verb qal infinitive construct - to do",
"*kiḏᵉrāḵênû*": "preposition *kᵉ* + noun feminine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - according to our ways",
"*ḵᵉmaʿălālênû*": "conjunction *wᵉ* + preposition *kᵉ* + noun masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - and according to our deeds/practices",
"*ʿāśāh*": "verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he did/has done"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaḵ*": "surely/only/nevertheless",
"*hiśśîgû*": "overtook/reached/caught up with",
"*wayyāšûḇû*": "and they returned/and they repented/and they turned back",
"*zāmam*": "purposed/planned/determined",
"*maʿălālênû*": "deeds/practices/actions"
}
}