BDB2289
זֶה
demonstrative pronoun and adverb; feminine זֹאת, once
זֹאתָה, Jer 26:6
Kt
(also זֹה and זוֺ, q. v.); common
זוּ
(q. v.): this, here (the element ז =
[untranscribed source text 1378] =
[untranscribed source text 1379] is widely diffused in the Semitic languages, as a demonstrative particle, often acquiring, like
English that, German der, die, das, the force of a relative. Thus
a. Phoenician זֶ
this (e.g. קבר ז
this grave), also sometimes זן, feminine זא, comm.
אז (see CIS I. i. 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; 1:12; 44:1; 88:2 etc.);
Aramaic of Nineveh, Babylon, Têma, Egypt, זי as mark of the genitive [literally that of
] (CIS II. i. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., 65, 69-71, 113, 114, 141, 142,
etc.), זנה
this (ib. 113:22; 145 C2), feminine זא
113:15; 145 B5; Aramaic of Zinjirli ז, זן, זנה
this, זי
which (DHMSendsch. 56); Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 1380]
ze
, this, feminine
[untranscribed source text 1381]
z¹
,
[untranscribed source text 1382]
za
, who (masculine), also (like זִי, and דִּי
, דְּ [see below]) in common use as a mark of the genitive;
b. Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1383]
this, feminine
[untranscribed source text 1384],
[untranscribed source text 1385] (genitive
[untranscribed source text 1386], accusative
[untranscribed source text 1387], feminine
[untranscribed source text 1388]), possessor of (literally that of . . ., i.e. one
who owns), or in the Tayyite dialect, who, which: from
[untranscribed source text 1389], with
[untranscribed source text 1390]
lo! prefixed,
[untranscribed source text 1391]
this, feminine
[untranscribed source text 1392], with the pronominal element -k affixed,
[untranscribed source text 1393] = this: with 'al (= the article) + a demonstrative
element la prefixed,
[untranscribed source text 1394]
who, which (in origin = Hebrew הַלָּזֶה
this, q. v.); Sabean דֿן
this, feminine דֿת, דֿ
who, which, feminine דֿת (PräZMG. 1872,
419, DHMZMG. 1883, 338 f.,
alsoEpigr. Denkm. 65);
c. Biblical Aramaic דִּי
which, דֵּךְ, דִּכֵּן, דְּנָה (q. v.)
this, feminine דָּא (= זֹאת), דָּךְ;
Palmyrene and Nabataean די
which, דנה
this;
ᵑ7
דְּ
which, דֵּין, דֵּיכֵּי
this, feminine דָּא; with הא
lo! prefixed, הָדֵין, הָדָא (Syriac
[untranscribed source text 1395], contracted from
[untranscribed source text 1396]),
[untranscribed source text 1397]; Syriac
[untranscribed source text 1398]
who, which; Samaritan
[untranscribed source text 1399]
who, which,
[untranscribed source text 1400]
this, feminine
[untranscribed source text 1401] Mandean ד
who, which, דהֿ
this (rare), more commonly האדין, האזין (NöMand § 80, 81).
Alike in Hebrew and the other dialects, the
corresponding plur. is derived from a different source: Hebrew אֵלָּה, Phoenician אל
, Ethiopic
'ell¥, 'ell¹
, these,
'ella
, who, Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1402], these,
[untranscribed source text 1403],
[untranscribed source text 1404]
owners of, Sabean אלן
these, אל, אלי
who, which, Aramaic אִלֵּין, with הא
lo! prefixed,
[untranscribed source text 1405], Samaritan
[untranscribed source text 1406], Mandean עלין. Only the Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1407] forms its own plural
[untranscribed source text 1408]. V. further WSG 107 ff.) —
1. standing alone:
a.
this one, sometimes contemptuously (especially with אֵת), Gen 2:23
לָזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה
כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקֳּחָהזּֿאֹת, Gen 5:29
זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ ֗֗֗ , Gen 12:12; Gen 38:28; Exod 10:7
עַד מָתַי יִהְיֶה זֶה לָנוּ לְמוֺקֵשׁ, 1Sam 10:27
מַה
יּוֺשִׁיעֵנוּ זֶה how shall this man save us ? 1Sam 16:8; 1Sam 16:9; 1Sam 21:16 that ye have
brought אֶתזֶֿה
this fellow to play the madman against me ? 1Sam 25:21 in vain have I kept
אֶתכָּֿלאֲֿשֶׁר לָזֶה all that this fellow hath etc. 2Sam 13:17
אֶתזֹֿאת, 1Kgs 22:27
אֶתזֶֿה, Mic 5:4; Isa 66:2 as a genitive, Gen 29:27; Gen 29:28; 1Kgs 21:2 with a
collective force Lev 11:4; Lev 11:9 (= Deut 14:7; Deut 14:9), Deut 14:21 Deut 14:29; Judg 20:16; Judg 20:17 (כָּלזֶֿה
), Job
19:19 (with a plural verb). In a purely neuter sense (of
an act, event, announcement, etc.) זאת is most common, as with עשׂה to do
this
Gen 3:14; Gen 20:5; Gen 20:6; Gen 45:19 and
often, שׁמעו זאת
Amos 8:4; Isa 47:8; Isa 48:1; Isa 48:16;
Isa 51:21
and elsewhere; Gen
41:39;
Exod 17:14; Deut 32:6; Judg 7:14; Judg 21:3
לָמָההָֽ֗֗֗יְתָה זֹאת (compare Job 1:13; Ps 118:23) 1Kgs 11:39; 2Sam 7:19; 2Kgs 3:18 +; אֵין זֹאת
1Sam 20:2b
compare Amos 2:11
rarely so with אֶתֿ
Josh 22:24;
Jer 9:11; Ps 92:7 as an
accusative of limitation, as regards this, in this, Ezek 20:27; Ezek 36:37; Job 19:26
(si vera lectio), Job 33:12
in this thou art not just; (late) אַחֲרֵי זֹאת
Job 42:16;
Ezra 9:10,
כלזֿאת
׳
א
2Chr 21:18
; 2Chr
35:20 pointing forward to a following clause, Gen 42:18; Gen 43:11; Num 8:24; Num 14:35; Isa 56:2; Job 10:13 etc.; Exod 9:16; 1Sam 25:31;
Isa 1:12
מִי דִקֵּשׁ זאת מִיֶּדְכֶם
רְמֹס חֲצֵרָֽי׃; to one introduced by כִּי
2Sam 19:22
; Ps
102:19; Ps 119:50; Ps 119:56 (see also בְּזֹאת
6.b.
β): but זֶה also sometimes occurs similarly Exod 13:8; Prov
24:12; Job 15:17; Neh 2:2; Eccl 1:17; Eccl 2:15
גם זה הבל (so Eccl 2:19 Eccl 2:21 Eccl 2:23 +), Eccl 7:18 (twice in verse); of a
concrete object,
Exod 30:31; 2Kgs 4:43
מָה אֶתֵּן זֶה
לִפְנֵי מֵאָה אִישׁ: in late Hebrew, Neh 13:6
בְּכָלזֶֿה during all this, 2Chr 32:9
אַחַר זֶה; pointing forwards la
2Chr 5:17
f., to כִּי
Ps 56:10
je Ps
22:21. (See also below, 6.g.)
b. repeated זֶהזֶ֗֗֗ה, this . . . that, the one . . .
the other or (if indefinite) another, Gen 29:27 (זֹאת
), Exod
14:20
וְלֹא קָרַב זֶה אֶל זֶה, 1Kgs 3:23; 1Kgs 22:20; Isa 6:3; Isa 44:5 (3 t.), Ps 75:8
זֶה יַשְׁפִּיל וְזֶה יָרִים, Job 1:16-18; Job 21:23; Job 21:25 +.
2. In apposition to a substantive:
a. preceding it (rare) Exod 32:1; Exod 32:23
זֶה משֶׁה,
Judg 5:5 (= Ps
68:9) זֶה סִינַי
this Sinai, Josh 9:12
זֶה לַחְמֵנוּ
this our bread, 1Kgs 14:14; 2Kgs 6:33; Isa 23:13
זֶה הָעָם, Ps 34:7; Ps 49:14; Ps 104:25
׳
זה הים גדול וג
this sea there is great and broad, Ps 118:20; Song 7:8; Ezra 3:12.
(compare זוּ
Hab 1:11.)
b. following it: — (α) when the substantive is determined by a
pronominal affix,
Gen 24:8
שְׁבוּעָתִי זֹאת, this my oath, Deut 5:16 O that לְבָבָם
זֶה
this their
heart (their present temper) might continue always! Deut 21:20; Josh 2:14;
Josh 2:20
דְּבָרֵנוּ זֶה, Judg 6:14 go בְּכֹחֲךָ זֶה in this
thy
strength,
Dan 10:17
;
2Chr 24:18
. (compare אֵלֶּה, a.) Rarely when it is undetermined
, 2Kgs 1:2
חֳלִי זֶה (so 2Kgs 8:8; 2Kgs 8:9), Ps 80:15 (β) with the article, הַזֶּה
, הַזּאֹת
, after a substantive determined also by the article, Gen 7:1
בַּדּוֺר הַזֶּה, Gen 7:13
הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה, Gen 12:7
הָאָרֶץ הַזּאֹת, Gen 15:7; Gen 17:21; Gen 17:23; Deut 4:6
הגוי הגדול הזה, and continually. Not however after a proper name, except such as are
construed with
the article, as הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה
Gen 32:11
; Deut 3:27
; Deut 31:2
; Josh 1:2
; Josh 1:11
; Josh 4:22
,
הַלְּבָנוֺן
הַזֶּה
Josh 1:4,
compare Num
27:12 = Deut 32:49 (2Kgs 5:20
הַזֶּה belongs to הָאֲרַמִּי): and hardly ever (2Chr 1:10 after a noun
with a pronominal
affix (Josh 2:17
מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ
הַזֶּה the gender of הזה shews that the text is in error: see Dr§ 209
Obs.).
3. More often as predicate, as 1Sam 24:17
הֲקוֺלְךָ זֶה, 2Kgs 3:23
דָּם זֶה
this is blood, 2Kgs 9:37
זֹאת אִיזָָֽבֶל׃, Ezek 5:5 etc.; הֲזֶה
Isa 14:16,
הֲזֹאת
Isa 23:7; Lam 2:15 often
at
the beginning or close of enumerations (especially
P
), descriptions, injunctions, etc., as Gen 5:1
זה ספר
this is the book . . ., Gen 9:12
זֹאת אוֺת הַבְּרִית, Gen 17:10; Gen 20:13
זֶה חַסְדֵּךְ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂי עִמָּדִי, Lev 6:2; Lev 6:13; Lev 6:18; Lev 7:1; Lev 7:11;
Lev 33:1;
etc.; זה הדבר אשׁר ֗֗֗
Exod 16:16;
Exod 35:4;
Exod 21:11;
Jer 38:21
+,
compare זה אשׁר ֗֗֗
this is what (or how) . . . Gen 6:15; Exod 29:38; Jer 33:16
זֶה לְךָ הָאוֺת
Exod 3:12; 1Sam 2:34 +; at
the
end, Lev 7:37;
Lev 11:46;
Lev 13:50;
Num 5:21; Num 7:17; Num 7:23 etc.,
Josh 19:8; Josh 19:16;
Josh 19:23
etc.,
Isa 14:26;
Isa 16:13
(
זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ ), Isa 17:14; Isa 54:17; Jer 13:25; Ps 109:20; Song 5:16 (twice in verse);
Job 5:27, in
the latter case sometimes with the
force of such (i.e. such as has been described), Job 18:21; Job 20:29 (compare אֵלֶּה
Ps 73:12),
Ps 24:6; Ps 48:15
such (= such a one) is God, our God, for ever (Hi
De) Zeph 2:15 compare Job 14:3
אַףעַֿלזֶֿה upon one such as this (Job 14:1 Job 14:2) dost thou open thy eyes?
4. It is attached enclitically, almost as an adverb, to certain words, especially interrogative
pronouns, to impart, in a manner often not reproducible in English idiom, directness and force, bringing the
question or statement made into close relation with the speaker. (Contrast from this point of view
מי זה
and
מי הוא: see
הוא
4.
b. Thus
a.
אֵיזֶֿה15 where, then ?
Job 28:12
אֵיזֶֿה מְקוֺם בִּינָה, Job 28:20; Job 38:19 b (see other examples below אַי
1.b., p. 32).
b.
מִיזֶֿה, 1Sam 17:55; 1Sam 17:56
בֶּןמִֿיזֶֿ֖ה
הָעָֽלֶם׃ the son of whom, here, is the lad ? Jer 49:19 (= Jer 50:44
) ׳
וּמִי זֶה רֹעֶה אֲשֶׁר וג and who (emphatic) is the shepherd that
etc., Lam 3:37
; Ps 24:8
Who is the king of glory ? (for which in Ps 24:10 the stronger מִי הוּא זֶה
is said: so Jer 30:21; Esth 7:5),
Esth 25:12
. Elsewhere, the rend. Who is this . . . is admissible:
Isa 63:1;
Jer 46:7;
Job 38:2;
Job 42:3
compare מִיזֹֿאת
Song 3:6;
Song 6:10
; Song 8:5.
c.
מַהזֶֿה
how, now ?
Gen 27:20
; Judg
18:24
וּמַהזֶּֿה תּאֹמְרוּ אֵלַי and how, now, do ye say to me . . . ?
1Kgs 21:5
; 2Kgs 1:5
what, now ? (τίποτε;) 1Sam 10:11
מַהזֶּֿה הָיָה לְבֶןקִֿישׁ; עַלמַֿהאזֶּה
for what ?
Neh 2:4:
contracted into מַזֶּה
Exod 4:2.
(compare Aramaic מָדֵין
why ?
[untranscribed source text 1409] used as a conjunction therefore, e.g. 2Sam 18:22
ᵑ6
, PS2013: both formed similarly.)
d.
מַהזּֿאֹת in the phrase (עֲשִׂיתֶם, עָשִׂית)
מַהזּֿאֹת עָשִׂיתָ
Gen 3:13;
Gen 12:18
; Gen
26:10;
Gen
29:25;
Gen
42:28;
Exod
14:11; Judg 2:2
; Judg
15:11
+. Either
What, now, hast thou (have ye) done ? (Fl
De) or what is this
(that) thou hast (ye have) done ? (The Arabic grammarians dispute on the precise construction of the
corresponding phrase in Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1410]; De
Gen 3:13
(ed. 4)
, and especially FlKl Schr. i. 356
Lanep. 948.)
e.
לָמָּהזֶּֿה
wherefore, now ?
Gen 18:13
; Gen
25:22;
Gen
32:30; Exod
5:22;
Num
11:20 + often compare Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1411]
f.
הַאַתָּה זֶה
2Sam 2:20
האתה זה עשׂהאל Art thou Asahel ? 1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 18:17, without הֲ
Gen 27:24
in an indirect question Gen 27:21.
g.
הִנֵּה זֶה
behold, here . . .
1Kgs 19:5
(in narrative),
Isa 21:9;
Song
2:8; Song 2:9
. compare
Num
13:17 (unusual) עֲלוּ זֶה בַּנֶּגֶבּ
go up here in the South.
h.
עַתָּה זֶה, 1Kgs 17:24
עַתָּה זֶה יָדַעְתִּי
now I know that . . ., 2Kgs 5:22
just now. Also
i. prefixed to expressions denoting a period of
time: Gen
27:36 he hath supplanted me זֶה פַעֲמַיִם
now two times (so Gen 43:10), Gen 31:38
now, already twenty years, Gen 31:41 (זֶהלִּֿי ֗֗֗ , Gen 45:6;
Num 14:22
now ten times, Num 22:28; Num 22:32
זֶה שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים, Deut 8:2; Deut 8:4; Josh 22:3
זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים, 2Sam 14:2 +; Zech 7:3
זֶה כַּמָּה שָׁנִים
already how many years! compare Ruth 2:7.
5. In poetry, as a relative pronoun (rare: but see also זוֺ
,
זוּ): Ps
74:2 the hill of Zion זה שׁכנת בּוֺ
wherein thou dwellest, Ps 78:54; Ps 104:8
אלמְֿקום זה to the place (stative construct
Ges«GKC:130»§ 130. 3) which . . . v
Ps 78:26;
Prov 23:22
;
Isa 25:9 =
that which
Job 15:17,
those who
Job 19:19
(so
once, Exod 13:8
,
even in prose). In some of the passages cited the punctuators, by coupling זה with the
preceding
substantive, and separating it from what follows by a disj. accent (as הַרֶֿזה), appear not to
have recognised its relative sense, but to have construed, 'this mountain, (which) thy
right
hand,' etc.
6. With prefixes (in special senses): —
a.
בָּזֶה15
in this (place), here, Gen 38:21; Gen 38:22; Exod 24:14; Num 23:1 (twice
in verse); 1Sam 1:26
; 1Sam 9:11
+; of time, then
, Esth
2:13
. Once בַּזֶה
1Sam 21:10.
b.
בְּזֹאת
α
with this = on these conditions, Gen 34:15; Gen 34:22; 1Sam 11:2; Isa 27:9 = herewith, thus
provided
Lev 16:3. (
β
) by or through this (especially with יָדַע
),
Gen 42:15;
Gen 42:33;
Exod 7:17; Num 16:28;
Josh 3:10; Ps 41:12 so
בָּזֹאת
Mal 3:10. (
γ
) in spite of this, Lev 26:27; Ps 27:3, for which the fuller בְּכָלזֹֿאת occurs,
Isa 5:25; Isa 9:11; Isa 9:16; Isa 9:20; Isa 10:4; Ps 78:32;
Jer 3:10; Hos 7:10. (
δ
) בָּזֹאת
for this cause (late style) 1Chr 27:24; 2Chr 19:2
in this matter
2Chr 20:17
c.
כָּזֶה (α) Gen 41:38
הֲנִמְצָא כָזֶה אִישׁ אשׁר ֗֗֗ , Isa 56:12; Isa 58:5; Jer 5:9
גּוֺי אֲשֶׁר כָּזֶה (so Jer 5:29; Jer 9:8). (β) כָּזֹה וְכָזֶה
thus and thus, Judg 18:4; 2Sam 11:25; 1Kgs 14:5.
d.
כְּזֹאת
the like of this = as follows, Gen 45:23
כָּזֹאת
the like of this = things such as these
Judg 13:23
(with השׁמיע), Judg 15:7; Judg 19:30
לא נראתה כָּזֹאת, 1Sam 4:7 (compare Jer 2:10; 2Chr 30:26), 2Sam 14:13 (with חשׁב), Isa 66:8 (with
שׁמע
), Ezra
7:27
= accordingly, to that effect (with דִּבֶּר) 2Chr 34:22
= in like
manner
Judg 8:8 =
thus (as has been described) 1Kgs 7:37; 1Chr 29:14; 2Chr 31:20; 2Chr 32:15: כָּזֹאת
וְכָזֹאת
thus and thus
Josh 7:20; 2Sam 17:15
(twice in verse); 2Kgs
5:4
; 2Kgs 9:12
.
e.
מִזֶּה
from here, hence
Gen 37:17;
Gen 42:15;
Gen 50:25;
Exod 11:1
(twice in
verse); Exod 13:3
;
Deut 9:12 +
often:
מִזֶּהמִ֗֗֗זֶּה
on one side . . . on the other side
Exod 17:12
מזה אחד ומזה אחד, Exod 25:19; Exod 26:13; Exod 32:15
מזה ומזה הם כתובים, Num 22:24; 1Sam 14:4; 1Kgs 10:19; 1Kgs 10:20; Zech 5:3 +; מִוֶּה וּמִזֶּה לְ
on one side and on the other side of . . .
Exod 38:15;
Josh 8:33; Ezek 45:7;
Ezek 48:21
.
f.
עַל זֶה
on this account (rare), Lam 5:17 (pointing forwards), Esth 6:3. So עַל זֹאת
Amos 8:8;
Mic 1:8; Jer 2:12 (
Job 17:8)
Jer 4:8; Jer 4:28;
Ps 32:6 in
late
prose Ezra 8:23
;
Ezra 9:15
;
Ezra 10:2
;
Neh 13:14
;
2Chr 16:9
;
2Chr 16:10
;
2Chr 29:9
;
2Chr 32:20
.
g.
עִם זֶה
in spite of this
Neh 5:18.
— On
אֵי זֶה
which ?
אֵי מִזֶּה
whence ?
אֵי לָזֹאת
how ? see below אַי
2; and on הַלָּז, הַלָּזֶה, הַלֵּזוּ.
Note. — זֶה in 1Sam 17:34 (in many editions) is a typographical error (not a
Kt
) of Jacob b. Chayim's Rabbinic Bible of 1525 for שׂה
sheep, which has been perpetuated hence in other subsequent editions. The reading of
MSS
. and of the best ancient editions is שֶׂה (compare de RossiVar. Lect. ii.
151).