Hebrew Interlinear

Zechariah 13:5 Interlinear

“But he shall say I am no prophet I am an husbandman for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth”

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Zechariah 13 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאָמַ֕ר	H559	But he shall say	to say (used with great latitude)
2	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
3	נָבִ֖יא	H5030	I am no prophet	a prophet or (generally) inspired man
4	אָנֹ֑כִי	H595		i
5	אִישׁ	H376	I am an husbandman	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
6	עֹבֵ֤ד	H5647		to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
7	אֲדָמָה֙	H127		soil (from its general redness)
8	אָנֹ֔כִי	H595		i
9	כִּ֥י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10	אָדָ֖ם	H120	for man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
11	הִקְנַ֥נִי	H7069	taught me to keep cattle	to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
12	מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃	H5271	from my youth	(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

Zechariah 13:5 (current)But he shall say I am no prophet I am an husbandman for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth