Zechariah 7:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִ֥י תֹאכְל֖וּ וְכִ֣י תִשְׁתּ֑וּ הֲל֤וֹא אַתֶּם֙ הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃

Transliteration

And when wə-ḵî ṯōʾḵəlû and when ṯištû, hălôʾ you the hāʾōḵəlîm and you the haššōṯîm?

Grammar Details

*wə-ḵî ṯōʾḵəlû*: conjunction + conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and when you eat
*ṯištû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you drink
*hălôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - is it not
*hāʾōḵəlîm*: definite article + qal participle, masculine plural - the ones eating
*haššōṯîm*: definite article + qal participle, masculine plural - the ones drinking

Word Meanings

*wə-ḵî*: and when/and if
*hălôʾ*: is it not/do you not/are you not
*hāʾōḵəlîm*: the ones eating/those who eat
*haššōṯîm*: the ones drinking/those who drink

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 11:20-21 : 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. 21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Cor 11:26-29 : 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Col 3:17 : 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Deut 12:7 : 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
Deut 14:26 : 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Chr 29:22 : 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Hos 8:13 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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