The Meaning of Zechariah 5:2 Explained

Zechariah 5:2

KJV: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

YLT: And he saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing?' And I say, 'I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'

Darby: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying roll: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

ASV: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Zechariah 5:2?

MEANING: What does Zechariah 5:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Zechariah 5:2 mean?

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What is the context of Zechariah 5:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof [is] twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

What does Zechariah 5:2 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prophet replied to the interpreting angel, who asked him what he saw, that he saw a flying scroll that was20 cubits long and10 cubits wide (30 feet by15 feet). Several commentators made connections between this scroll and the tabernacle and the temple since these were the dimensions of the holy place of the tabernacle ( Exodus 26:8) and the porch in front of the holy place of Solomon"s temple ( 1 Kings 6:3). But this correspondence seems to be coincidental. The scroll that Zechariah saw was open and large so people could read it easily. During the restoration period the returnees demonstrated an increased interest in the Mosaic Law, which was written on scrolls (cf. Nehemiah 8). No one could plead ignorance because the scroll in Zechariah"s vision was large enough for all to see and read.

Context Summary

Zechariah 5:1-11 - The Vision Of The Flying Roll

This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the solemn curses of the Law, on one side against the thief and on the other against false-swearing. The young community was notorious for these two sins. They brought the dry-rot with them, Zechariah 5:4. Their commercial life also, represented by the ephah, was full of wickedness. But it was to be eliminated. The swift stork wings would bear it away. [source]

Chapter Summary: Zechariah 5

¹ By the flying scroll is shown the curse of thieves and swearers;
⁵ and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of wickedness

What do the individual words in Zechariah 5:2 mean?

And he said to me what you do see so I answered I see a scroll flying Its length [is] twenty cubits and its width ten cubits

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה ؟ אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ מְגִלָּ֣ה עָפָ֔ה אָרְכָּהּ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ עֶ֥שֶׂר בָּאַמָּֽה

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	And he said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלַ֔י	to me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
רֹאֶ֑ה	do see
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וָאֹמַ֗ר	so I answered
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
רֹאֶה֙	see
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
מְגִלָּ֣ה	a scroll
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מְגִלָּה Sense: roll, book, writing.
עָפָ֔ה	flying
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular Root: עוּף Sense: to fly, fly about, fly away.
אָרְכָּהּ֙	Its length [is]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: אֹרֶךְ Sense: length.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים	twenty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה	cubits
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אַמָּה Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ	and its width
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: רֹחַב Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
עֶ֥שֶׂר	ten
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: עֶשֶׂר Sense: ten.
בָּאַמָּֽה	cubits
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אַמָּה Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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