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Zechariah 6:4

Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

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וָאַ֨עַן֙vaaanand shoutעָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and shout”, the next action in the storyH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…וָֽאֹמַ֔רvaomarand 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”inמָהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.אֵ֖לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).אֲדֹנִֽיadonilordאָדוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these, my lord?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

Young’s Literal Translation

And I answer and say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, 'What [are] these, my lord?'

World English Bible

Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

Darby Translation

And I spoke and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

Douay-Rheims

And I answered, and said to the angel that spoke in me: What are these, my lord?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then I answered and said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these, my lord?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθην, καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον τὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν ἐμοὶ, τί ἐστι ταῦτα κύριε;