Zechariah 3:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֕ר יָשִׂ֛ימוּ צָנִ֥יף טָה֖וֹר עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיָּשִׂימוּ֩ הַצָּנִ֨יף הַטָּה֜וֹר עַל־רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וַיַּלְבִּשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ בְּגָדִ֔ים וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה עֹמֵֽד׃

Transliteration

And wāʾōmar, let them yāśîmû ṣānîp ṭāhôr on his rōʾš. And wayyāśîmû the ṣānîp the ṭāhôr on his rōʾš, and wayyalbišuhû bəgādîm, and malʾaḵ YHWH ʿōmēd.

Grammar Details

• *wāʾōmar*: Qal imperfect waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I said
• *yāśîmû*: Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them place/put
• *ṣānîp*: Noun, masculine singular with definite article - the turban
• *ṭāhôr*: Adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the clean/pure
• *rōʾš*: Noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head
• *wayyāśîmû*: Qal imperfect waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they placed
• *wayyalbišuhû*: Hiphil imperfect waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and they clothed him
• *bəgādîm*: Noun, masculine plural - garments/clothes
• *malʾaḵ*: Noun, masculine singular construct - messenger/angel
• *YHWH*: Divine name, tetragrammaton
• *ʿōmēd*: Qal active participle, masculine singular - standing

Word Meanings

• *yāśîmû*: place/put/set
• *ṣānîp*: turban/headdress/mitre
• *ṭāhôr*: clean/pure/undefiled
• *rōʾš*: head/top
• *wayyalbišuhû*: clothed him/dressed him/put on him
• *bəgādîm*: garments/clothes/robes
• *ʿōmēd*: standing/positioned/present

Referenced Verses

• Zech 6:11 : 11 Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
• Exod 29:6 : 6 and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
• Lev 8:6-9 : 6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it. 8 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
• Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
• Exod 28:2-4 : 2 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office. 4 These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
• Heb 2:8-9 : 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don't see all things subjected to him, yet. 9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
• Rev 4:4 : 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
• Rev 4:10 : 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, And to open its seals: For you were killed, And bought us for God with your blood, Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10 And made them kings and priests to our God, And they reign on earth." 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!" 13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!{TR omits "Amen!"}" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The {TR adds "twenty-four"}elders fell down and worshiped.{TR adds "the one living forever and ever"}