Midvash

זֹאתzôʼth

זֹאת: see זֶה

Pronunciation: zothe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2063

Meanings

זֶה: this, here

a. this grave

b. this, possessor of

c. which, this

1. standing alone

a. this one (Genesis 2:23; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 12:12)

b. this... that, the one... the other, another (Genesis 29:27; Exodus 14:20; 1 Kings 3:23)

2. In apposition to a substantive

a. this (Exodus 32:1; Exodus 32:23; Judges 5:5)

b. Rarely when it is undetermined (Genesis 24:8; Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 21:20)

3. More often as predicate (1 Samuel 24:17; 2 Kings 3:23; 2 Kings 9:37)

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.

a. then? (Job 28:12; Job 28:20; Job 38:19)

b. whom, here (1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 17:56; Jeremiah 49:19)

c. how, now? (Genesis 27:20; Judges 18:24; 1 Kings 21:5)

d. What, now (Genesis 3:13; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 26:10)

e. wherefore, now? (Genesis 18:13; Genesis 25:22; Genesis 32:30)

g. behold, here... (1 Kings 19:5; Isaiah 21:9; Song of Solomon 2:8)

h. just now. (1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 5:22)

i. now, already (Genesis 27:36; Genesis 43:10; Genesis 31:38)

5. In poetry, as a relative pronoun (Psalms 74:2; Psalms 78:54; Psalms 104:8)

6. With prefixes (in special senses)

a. in this, here (Genesis 38:21; Genesis 38:22; Exodus 24:14)

b. with this = on these conditions, herewith, thus provided (Genesis 34:15; Genesis 34:22; 1 Samuel 11:2)

c. thus and thus (Genesis 41:38; Isaiah 56:12; Isaiah 58:5)

d. the like of this, as follows (Genesis 45:23; Judges 13:23; Judges 15:7)

e. from here, hence, on one side... on the other side (Genesis 37:17; Genesis 42:15; Genesis 50:25)

f. on this account (Lamentations 5:17; Esther 6:3; Amos 8:8)

g. in spite of this, which? (Nehemiah 5:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 604 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
  • Genesis 3:13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”
  • Genesis 3:14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live.
  • Genesis 9:12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
  • Genesis 9:17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
  • Genesis 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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