Zechariah 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְא֥וֹת כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

And wāʾōmar ʾānāh ʾattāh hōlēḵ and wayyōʾmer to me lāmōd ʾet-yərûšāla(i)m lirʾôt how much-rāḥbāh and how much ʾārkāh

Grammar Details

• *wāʾōmar*: 1st person singular imperfect consecutive (waw-conversive) of *ʾāmar* - I said
• *ʾānāh*: interrogative adverb - where/to where
• *ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular personal pronoun - you
• *hōlēḵ*: participle masculine singular Qal of *hālaḵ* - going
• *wayyōʾmer*: 3rd person masculine singular imperfect consecutive (waw-conversive) of *ʾāmar* - he said
• *lāmōd*: preposition + infinitive construct Qal of *mādad* - to measure
• *yərûšāla(i)m*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *lirʾôt*: preposition + infinitive construct Qal of *rāʾāh* - to see
• *rāḥbāh*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its width
• *ʾārkāh*: noun masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its length

Word Meanings

• *lāmōd*: to measure/to extend/to stretch

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 17:21 : 21 And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
• Isa 48:20 : 20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
• Ezek 11:16 : 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
• Isa 52:11-12 : 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah. 12 For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
• Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
• Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.
• Amos 9:9 : 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.
• Zech 2:7 : 7 Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
• 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
• Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
• Jer 31:10 : 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
• Jer 50:8 : 8 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
• Jer 51:45 : 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.
• Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
• Jer 15:4 : 4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
• Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.
• Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Jer 1:14 : 14 Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Ezek 12:14-15 : 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
• Ruth 4:1 : 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.