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Zechariah 5:10

Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

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וָאֹמַ֕רvaomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְhamalakhethe angelמֲלְאָךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the angel”, the ordinary formH4397a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)ambassador, angel, king, messenger.הַדֹּבֵ֣רhadoverthe speakדָבַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בִּ֑יbiinבִּ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inאָ֛נָהanahwhereאָןadverb — “where”H575where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither[phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).הֵ֥מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹתmolikhotcarryיָלַךְverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “carry”, a verb used as a describing wordH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאֵיפָֽהhaeyfahthe ephahאֵיפָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the ephah”, the ordinary formH374an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in generalephah, (divers) measure(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then said I to the angel that spoke with me: 'Whither do these bear the measure?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

Young’s Literal Translation

And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, 'Whither [are] they causing the ephah to go?'

World English Bible

Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”

Darby Translation

And I said to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these carry the ephah?

Douay-Rheims

And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then said I to the angel that spoke with me: 'Whither do these bear the measure?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον τὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν ἐμοὶ, ποῦ αὗται ἀποφέρουσι τὸ μέτρον;