כִּ֣י מִ֣י בַז֮ לְיֹ֣ום קְטַנֹּות֒ וְשָׂמְח֗וּ וְרָא֞וּ אֶת־הָאֶ֧בֶן הַבְּדִ֛יל בְּיַ֥ד זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל שִׁבְעָה־אֵ֑לֶּה עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הֵ֥מָּה מְשֹׁוטְטִ֖ים בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
For who has despised the day of small things? And they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet-stone in the hand of Zerubbavel—these seven, the eyes of YHWH, they are roaming in all the earth.
Morphology
- כִּי (ki) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces an explanation or justification.
- מִי (mi) – Root: —; Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “Who”; Notes: Begins a rhetorical challenge.
- בַז (baz) – Root: בוז (buz); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “has despised”; Notes: Expresses contempt or disdain.
- לְיֹום (le-yom) – Root: יום (yom); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine singular; Translation: “the day of”; Notes: Begins a construct phrase.
- קְטַנֹּות (qetannot) – Root: קטן (qatan); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “small things”; Notes: Refers to seemingly insignificant beginnings.
- וְשָׂמְחוּ (ve-samkhu) – Root: שׂמח (samach); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed וְ; Translation: “And they shall rejoice”; Notes: Perfect with vav used for future result.
- וְרָאוּ (ve-raʾu) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed וְ; Translation: “and they shall see”; Notes: Continuation of future action.
- אֶת (et) – Root: —; Form: Direct object marker; Translation: —; Notes: Marks the next noun as the direct object.
- הָאֶבֶן (ha-even) – Root: אבן (even); Form: Definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “the stone”; Notes: Refers to a ceremonial building stone.
- הַבְּדִיל (ha-bedil) – Root: בדל (badal); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the plummet(-stone)”; Notes: Likely a measuring or guiding stone used in construction.
- בְּיַד (be-yad) – Root: יד (yad); Form: Preposition בְ + noun feminine singular; Translation: “in the hand of”; Notes: Indicates possession or control.
- זְרֻבָּבֶל (Zerubbavel) – Root: —; Form: Proper noun masculine singular; Translation: “Zerubbavel”; Notes: Leader of Yehudah’s restoration.
- שִׁבְעָה (shivʿah) – Root: שׁבע (shevaʿ); Form: Numeral masculine singular; Translation: “seven”; Notes: Refers to the symbolic group known as the “seven eyes.”
- אֵלֶּה (elleh) – Root: —; Form: Demonstrative pronoun plural; Translation: “these”; Notes: Points to the group identified as YHWH’s eyes.
- עֵינֵי (einei) – Root: עין (ʿayin); Form: Noun feminine plural construct; Translation: “eyes of”; Notes: Construct with the divine name.
- יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: —; Form: Proper divine name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The possessor of the seven eyes.
- הֵמָּה (hemmah) – Root: —; Form: Independent pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “they”; Notes: Identifies the eyes as the subject of the following verb.
- מְשֹׁוטְטִים (meshotetim) – Root: שׁוט (shut); Form: Piel participle masculine plural; Translation: “roaming”; Notes: Describes continual movement or oversight.
- בְּכָל (be-khol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Preposition בְ + noun masculine singular; Translation: “in all of”; Notes: Introduces the sphere of activity.
- הָאָרֶץ (ha-aretz) – Root: ארץ (erets); Form: Definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “the earth”; Notes: Denotes the full domain of divine oversight.