Zechariah 7:12
{ "verseID": "Zechariah.7.12", "source": "וְלִבָּ֞ם שָׂ֣מוּ שָׁמִ֗יר מִ֠שְּׁמוֹעַ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֤ה וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֜ח יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ בְּרוּח֔וֹ בְּיַ֖ד הַנְּבִיאִ֣ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים וַֽיְהִי֙ קֶ֣צֶף גָּד֔וֹל מֵאֵ֖ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃", "text": "And *wə-libbām śāmû šāmîr* from *miššəmôaʿ* *ʾeṯ-hattôrāh* and *ʾeṯ-haddəḇārîm* which *šālaḥ YHWH ṣəḇāʾôṯ* in *bərûḥô* by hand the *nəḇîʾîm hārîʾšōnîm*. And *wa-yəhî qeṣep̄ gāḏôl* from *mēʾēṯ YHWH ṣəḇāʾôṯ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-libbām*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their heart", "*śāmû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they made/set", "*šāmîr*": "noun, masculine singular - adamant stone/diamond/flint", "*miššəmôaʿ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - from hearing", "*ʾeṯ-hattôrāh*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the law", "*ʾeṯ-haddəḇārîm*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine plural - the words", "*šālaḥ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - sent", "*bərûḥô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his spirit", "*nəḇîʾîm hārîʾšōnîm*": "noun, masculine plural + definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the former prophets", "*wa-yəhî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there was/came", "*qeṣep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - wrath/anger", "*gāḏôl*": "adjective, masculine singular - great", "*mēʾēṯ*": "preposition + preposition - from with" }, "variants": { "*libbām*": "their heart/their mind", "*šāmîr*": "adamant stone/diamond/flint (metaphor for hardness)", "*tôrāh*": "law/instruction/teaching", "*dəḇārîm*": "words/matters/things", "*bərûḥô*": "by his spirit/through his spirit", "*qeṣep̄*": "wrath/anger/indignation" } }