Zechariah 4:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאַ֣עַן שֵׁנִ֔ית וָאֹמַ֖ר אֵלָ֑יו מַה־שְׁתֵּ֞י שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י הַזֵּיתִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּיַ֗ד שְׁנֵי֙ צַנְתְּר֣וֹת הַזָּהָ֔ב הַֽמְרִיקִ֥ים מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב׃

Transliteration

wāʾaʿan šēnît wāʾōmar to-him what-two šibbălê the-zētîm which by-hand-of two ṣantĕrôt the-zāhāb the-mĕrîqîm from-upon-them the-zāhāb?

Grammar Details

*wāʾaʿan*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I answered
*šēnît*: ordinal number, feminine singular - second time
*wāʾōmar*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I said
*šibbălê*: noun, feminine dual construct - branches of
*zētîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the olive trees
*ṣantĕrôt*: noun, feminine dual construct - pipes/tubes of
*zāhāb*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the gold
*mĕrîqîm*: hiphil participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones emptying/pouring out

Word Meanings

*wāʾaʿan*: and I answered/responded/replied
*šēnît*: second time/again
*wāʾōmar*: and I said/spoke/asked
*šibbălê*: branches/ears/clusters of
*zētîm*: olive trees
*ṣantĕrôt*: pipes/tubes/channels/conduits of
*zāhāb*: gold/golden material
*mĕrîqîm*: emptying/pouring out/draining/flowing

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 20:23 : 23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Rev 11:4 : 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Hag 1:1 : 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

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