Zechariah 5:9
{ "verseID": "Zechariah.5.9", "source": "וָאֶשָּׂ֨א עֵינַ֜י וָאֵ֗רֶא וְהִנֵּה֩ שְׁתַּ֨יִם נָשִׁ֤ים יֽוֹצְאוֹת֙ וְר֣וּחַ בְּכַנְפֵיהֶ֔ם וְלָהֵ֥נָּה כְנָפַ֖יִם כְּכַנְפֵ֣י הַחֲסִידָ֑ה וַתִּשֶּׂ֙אנָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵיפָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבֵ֥ין הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃", "text": "And *wāʾeśśāʾ* *ʿênay* and *wāʾērex* and *wəhinnēh* two *šəttayim* women *nāšîm* *yôṣəʾôṯ* and *wərûaḥ* in *bəḵanp̄êhem* and to them *wəlāhēnnāh* wings *ḵənāp̄ayim* like wings-*kəḵanp̄ê* the stork-*haḥăsîḏāh* and *wattiśśeʾnāh* *ʾeṯ*-the *hāʾêp̄āh* between *bên* the earth-*hāʾāreṣ* and between *ûḇên* the heavens-*haššāmāyim*", "grammar": { "*wāʾeśśāʾ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I lifted up", "*ʿênay*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*wāʾērex*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I saw", "*wəhinnēh*": "conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold", "*šəttayim*": "numeral, feminine - two", "*nāšîm*": "noun, feminine plural - women", "*yôṣəʾôṯ*": "qal participle, feminine plural - going out", "*wərûaḥ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and wind/spirit", "*bəḵanp̄êhem*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their wings", "*wəlāhēnnāh*": "conjunction + preposition with 3rd person feminine plural suffix - and to them", "*ḵənāp̄ayim*": "noun, feminine dual - wings", "*kəḵanp̄ê*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - like wings of", "*haḥăsîḏāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the stork", "*wattiśśeʾnāh*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - and they lifted up", "*hāʾêp̄āh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the ephah", "*bên*": "preposition - between", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land", "*ûḇên*": "conjunction + preposition - and between", "*haššāmāyim*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the heavens" }, "variants": { "*rûaḥ*": "wind/spirit/breath", "*kānāp̄*": "wing/edge/extremity", "*ḥăsîḏāh*": "stork (literally 'kind/faithful one')", "*nāśāʾ*": "lift/carry/bear", "*ʾêp̄āh*": "ephah/measure (about 22 liters)" } }