Zechariah 13:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יֵבֹ֧שׁוּ הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵחֶזְיֹנ֖וֹ בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹ וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ אַדֶּ֥רֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

And hāyâ in yôm the hû', yēḇōšû the nəḇî'îm 'îš from ḥezyōnô when bəhinnāḇə'ōṯô; and not yilbəšû 'addereṯ śē'ār for the purpose of kaḥēš.

Grammar Details

*hāyâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will happen/and it will come to pass
*yôm*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - day
*hû'*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine, singular - that
*yēḇōšû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be ashamed
*nəḇî'îm*: noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the prophets
*'îš*: noun, masculine, singular - each man/each one
*ḥezyōnô*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his vision
*bəhinnāḇə'ōṯô*: verb, niphal infinitive construct with preposition and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - when he prophesies
*yilbəšû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will wear/put on
*'addereṯ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - mantle/coat of
*śē'ār*: noun, masculine, singular - hair/hairy garment
*kaḥēš*: verb, piel infinitive construct - to deceive/to lie

Word Meanings

*yēḇōšû*: they will be ashamed/they will be disappointed/they will be put to shame
*ḥezyōnô*: his vision/his prophetic vision/what he sees
*'addereṯ*: mantle/coat/glory/splendor
*śē'ār*: hair/hairy garment/rough garment
*kaḥēš*: to deceive/to lie/to deny

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 1:8 : 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Isa 20:2 : 2 at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. 7 And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Matt 11:8-9 : 8 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft [clothes]? Behold, they that wear soft [clothes] are in kings' houses. 9 But why went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Jer 2:26 : 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

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