Zechariah 2:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנֵּ֗ה הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י יֹצֵ֑א וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ אַחֵ֔ר יֹצֵ֖א לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wəhinnēh hammalʾāḵ haddōbēr in me yōṣēʾ and malʾāḵ ʾaḥēr yōṣēʾ liqrāʾtô

Grammar Details

*wəhinnēh*: conjunction + interjection - and behold
*hammalʾāḵ*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the angel/messenger
*haddōbēr*: definite article + participle masculine singular Qal of *dābar* - the one speaking
*yōṣēʾ*: participle masculine singular Qal of *yāṣāʾ* - going out
*malʾāḵ*: noun masculine singular - angel/messenger
*ʾaḥēr*: adjective masculine singular - another/other
*liqrāʾtô*: preposition + infinitive construct Qal of *qārāʾ* + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to meet him

Word Meanings

*liqrāʾtô*: to meet him/to encounter him/to approach him

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 48:20 : 20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
Jer 50:8 : 8 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
Jer 51:45 : 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Mic 4:10 : 10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit [on thy throne], O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Num 16:26 : 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Num 16:34 : 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

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