Zechariah 5:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ אֶת־אֶ֥בֶן הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל־פִּֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer this zōʾṯ the hārišʿāh and wayyašlēḵ ʾōṯāh to-ʾel-midst-tôḵ the hāʾêp̄āh and wayyašlēḵ ʾeṯ-stone-ʾeḇen the hāʿōp̄ereṯ to-ʾel-mouth-pîhā

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*zōʾṯ*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*hārišʿāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the wickedness
*wayyašlēḵ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he cast/threw
*ʾōṯāh*: direct object marker with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her/it
*ʾel*: preposition - to/into
*tôḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
*hāʾêp̄āh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the ephah
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ʾeḇen*: noun, feminine singular construct - stone of
*hāʿōp̄ereṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the lead
*pîhā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her/its mouth

Word Meanings

*rišʿāh*: wickedness/evil/iniquity
*yašlēḵ*: cast/throw/hurl
*ʾêp̄āh*: ephah/measure (about 22 liters)
*ʿōp̄ereṯ*: lead (metal)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Zech 5:7 : 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Matt 23:32 : 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
1 Thess 2:16 : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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