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Zechariah 5:2

“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
Zechariah 5:2
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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)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ מְגִלָּ֣ה עָפָ֔ה אָרְכָּהּ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ עֶ֥שֶׂר בָּאַמָּֽה׃

  1. וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. אֵלַ֔י'e.Lai“to me”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  3. מָ֥הmah“what?”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  4. אַתָּ֖ה'a.Tah“[are] you”
    Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
  5. רֹאֶ֑הro.'Eh“seeing”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  6. וָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.Mar“and I said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  7. אֲנִ֤י'a.Ni“I”
    Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י · “I” · Strong's H0589
  8. רֹאֶה֙ro.'Eh“[am] seeing”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  9. מְגִלָּ֣הme.gi.Lah“a scroll”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מְגִלָּה · “scroll” · Strong's H4039
  10. עָפָ֔ה'a.Fah“flying”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), feminine, singular, absolute · from עוּף · “to fly” · Strong's H5774A
  11. אָרְכָּהּ֙'a.re.Kah“length its”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from אֹ֫רֶךְ · “length” · Strong's H0753
  12. עֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.Rim“[is] twenty”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from עֶשְׂרִים · “twenty” · Strong's H6242
  13. בָּֽאַמָּ֔הba.'a.Mah“by the cubit”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אַמָּה · “cubit” · Strong's H0520A
  14. וְרָחְבָּ֖הּve.ra.che.Bah“and breadth its”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from רֹ֫חַב · “width” · Strong's H7341
  15. עֶ֥שֶׂר'E.ser“[is] ten”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עֶשֶׂר · “ten” · Strong's H6235
  16. בָּאַמָּֽה׃ba.'a.Mah“by the cubit”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אַמָּה · “cubit” · Strong's H0520A
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)