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Zechariah 1:16

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
Zechariah 1:16
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בֵּיתִי֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְקָ֥ו יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

  1. לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen“<to> therefore”
    Preposition + Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  2. כֹּֽה־koh-“thus”
    Adverb · from כֹּה · “thus” · Strong's H3541
  3. אָמַ֣ר'a.Mar“he says”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  4. יְהוָ֗הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  5. שַׁ֤בְתִּיShav.ti“I have returned”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  6. לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.Lim“to Jerusalem”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a place · from יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם · “Jerusalem” · Strong's H3389
  7. בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔יםbe.ra.cha.Mim“with compassion<s>”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from רַחֲמִים · “compassion” · Strong's H7356B
  8. בֵּיתִי֙bei.Ti“house my”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004B
  9. יִבָּ֣נֶהyi.Ba.neh“it will be rebuilt”
    Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בָּנָה · “to build” · Strong's H1129
  10. בָּ֔הּBah“in it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
  11. נְאֻ֖םne.'Um“[the] utterance of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נְאֻם · “utterance” · Strong's H5002
  12. יְהוָ֣הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  13. צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'ot“of hosts”
    Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from צָבָא · “Hosts” · Strong's H6635B
  14. וְקָ֥וve.ka.vah“and a measuring-line”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from קַו · “line” · Strong's H6957B
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  15. יִנָּטֶ֖הyi.na.Teh“it will be stretched out”
    Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָטָה · “to stretch” · Strong's H5186
  16. עַל־'al-“over”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  17. יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.Lim“Jerusalem”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם · “Jerusalem” · Strong's H3389
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)