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Zechariah 5:11

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, 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…אֵלַ֔יelayamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “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).לִבְנֽוֹתlivnotto buildבָּנָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to build”, the to-form of the verbH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.לָ֥הֿlahtoלָ֥הֿpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toבַ֖יִתvayitfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.שִׁנְעָ֑רshinarShinarשִׁנְעָרnoun, proper name — “Shinar”H8152Shinar, a plain in BabyloniaShinar.וְהוּכַ֛ןvehukhanand be fittedכּוּןconjunction, verb, hophal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be fitted”, a completed action in a sequenceH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…וְהֻנִּ֥יחָהvehunichahand bestowיָנַחconjunction, verb, hophal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bestow”, a completed action in a sequenceH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…שָּׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מְכֻנָתָֽהּmekhunatahbaseמְכֻנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “base”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4369a spotbase.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he said unto me: 'To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he saith unto me, 'To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

World English Bible

He said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”

Darby Translation

And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.

Douay-Rheims

And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he said unto me: 'To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare a place for it ; and they shall set it there on its own base.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, οἰκοδομῆσαι αὐτῷ οἰκίαν ἐν γῇ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἑτοιμάσαι, καὶ θήσουσιν αὐτὸ ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν αὐτοῦ.