STRONGS H2063:
Abbreviations
adverb; feminine
זֹאת, once
זֹאתָה,
Jeremiah 26:6 Kt (also
זֹה and
זוֺ, which see); common
זוּ (which see):
this, here (the element
ז =
ذ =
D 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 ዝ፡ ze, this, feminine ዛ፡ zā, ዘ፡ za, who (masculine), also (like זִי, and דִּי, דְּ [see below]) in common use as a mark of the genitive;
b. Arabic ذَا this, feminine ذِی, ذُو (genitive ذِی, accusative ذَا, feminine ذَاتُ), possessor of (literally that of..., i.e. one who owns), or in the Tayyite dialect, who, which: from ذَا, with ھَا lo! prefixed, ھَاذَا this, feminine ھَذِہِ, with the pronominal element -k affixed, ذَاكَ = this: with 'al (= the article) + a demonstrative element la prefixed, اَلٌذِى who, which (in origin = Hebrew הַלָּזֶה this, which see); 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 (which see) this, feminine דָּא (= זֹאת), דָּךְ; Palmyrene and Nabataean די which, דנה this; דְּ which, דֵּין, דֵּיכֵּי this, feminine דָּא; with הא lo! prefixed, הָדֵין, הָדָא (Syriac Nxh axnxh, contracted from N eDxh), aeDxh; Syriac D who, which; Samaritan D who, which, ND this, feminine ED Mandean ד who, which, דהֿ this (rare), more commonly האדין, האזין (NöMand § 80, 81). Alike in Hebrew and the other dialects, the corresponding plural is derived from a different source: Hebrew אֵלָּה, Phoenician אל, Ethiopic 'ellū, 'ellā, these, 'ella, who, Arabic أُولَى, these, أُولُوا, أُولِى owners of, Sabean אלן these, אל, אלי who, which, Aramaic אִלֵּין, with הא lo! prefixed, Nyelxh, Samaritan NJLA, Mandean עלין. Only the Arabic آلَّذِى forms its own plural اَلَّذِينَ. V. further WSG 107 ff.) —
1. standing alone:
a. this one, sometimes contemptuously (especially with אֵת), Genesis 2:23 לָזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקֳּחָהזּֿאֹת, [H2088 Genesis 5:29] זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ ֗֗֗, Genesis 12:12; ... 2 Samuel 13:17 אֶתזֹֿאת ... as a genitive, Genesis 29:27, 28 ... In a purely neuter sense (of an act, event, announcement, etc.) זאת is most common, as with עשׂה to do this Genesis 3:14; Genesis 20:5, 6; Genesis 45:19 and often, שׁמעו זאת Amos 8:4; Isaiah 47:8; Isaiah 48:1, 16; Isaiah 51:21 and elsewhere; Genesis 41:39; Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 32:6; Judges 7:14; Judges 21:3 הָֽיְתָה זֹאת⬩⬩⬩לָמָה (compare Job 1:13; Psalm 118:23) 1 Kings 11:39; 2 Samuel 7:19; 2 Kings 3:18 +; אֵין זֹאת 1 Samuel 20:2b compare Amos 2:11 rarely so with אֶתֿ Joshua 22:24; Jeremiah 9:11 [Jeremiah 9:12]; Psalm 92:7 [Psalm 92:6]; as an accusative of limitation, as regards this, in this, Ezekiel 20:27; Ezekiel 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׳ 2 Chronicles 21:18; 35:20; pointing forward to a following clause, Genesis 42:18; Genesis 43:11; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 14:35; Isaiah 56:2; Job 10:13 etc.; Exodus 9:16; 1 Samuel 25:31; Isaiah 1:12 מִי דִקֵּשׁ זאת מִיֶּדְכֶם רְמֹס חֲצֵרָֽי׃; to one introduced by כִּי 2 Samuel 19:22 [2 Samuel 19:21]; Psalm 102:19 [Psalm 102:18]; Psalm 119:50; Psalm 119:56
b. repeated זֶה ֗֗֗ זֶה, this... that, the one... the other or (if indefinite) another, Genesis 29:27
2. In apposition to a substantive:
a. preceding it (rare) ... 2 Kings 6:33 ... Cant 7:8 [Cant 7:7]
b. following it: —
(α) when the substantive is determined by a pronominal affix, Genesis 24:8 ... 2 Chronicles 24:18. ... Psalm 80:15 [Psalm 80:14]
(β) with the article, הַזֶּה, הַזּאֹת, after a substantive determined also by the article, ... הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה, Genesis 12:7 הָאָרֶץ הַזּאֹת, Genesis 15:7
3. More often as predicate, as [H2088 1 Samuel 24:17 [1 Samuel 24:16]] הֲקוֺלְךָ זֶה, [H2088 2 Kings 3:23] דָּם זֶה this is blood, 2 Kings 9:37 אִיזָֽבֶל׃ זֹאת, Ezekiel 5:5 etc.; הֲזֶה [H2088 Isaiah 14:16], הֲזֹאת Isaiah 23:7; Lamentations 2:15; often at the beginning or close of enumerations (especially P), descriptions, injunctions, etc., as [H2088 Genesis 5:1] זה ספר this is the book..., Genesis 9:12 זֹאת אוֺת הַבְּרִית, Genesis 17:10; [H2088 Genesis 20:13] זֶה חַסְדֵּךְ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂי עִמָּדִי, Leviticus 6:2 [Leviticus 6:9]; [H2088 Leviticus 6:13 [Leviticus 6:20]]; Leviticus 6:18 [Leviticus 6:25]; Leviticus 7:1, 11; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 13:2 ... at the end, Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 11:46; Leviticus 13:50 [Leviticus 13:59]; Numbers 5:21 [Numbers 5:29]; [H2088 Numbers 7:17, 23] etc., Joshua 19:8, 16, 23 etc., Isaiah 14:26; Isaiah 16:13 (זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗), [H2088 Isaiah 17:14]; Isaiah 54:17; [H2088 Jeremiah 13:25]; Psalm 109:20; [H2088 Songs 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), [H2088 Job 18:21; 20:29] (compare אֵלֶּה [H428 Psalm 73:12]), [H2088 Psalm 24:6; Psalm 48:15 [Psalm 48:14]] such (= such a one) is God, our God, for ever (Hi De) Zephaniah 2:15; compare [H2088 Job 14:3] אַףעַֿלזֶֿה upon one such as this (Job 14:1-2) dost thou open thy eyes?
4. b. ... מִיזֹֿאת Songs 3:6; Songs 6:10; Songs 8:5.
d. מַהזּֿאֹת in the phrase (עֲשִׂיתֶם, עָשִׂית) מַהזּֿאֹת עָשִׂיתָ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 26:10; Genesis 29:25; Genesis 42:28; Exodus 14:11; Judges 2:2; Judges 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 هَا ذَا مَنَعْتَ; DeGenesis 3:13 (ed. 4), and especially FlKl Schr. i. 356 Lanep. 948.)
6. b. (α) with this = on these conditions, Genesis 34:15, 22; 1 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 27:9; = herewith, thus provided Leviticus 16:3.
(β) by or through this (especially with יָדַע), Genesis 42:15, 33; Exodus 7:17; Numbers 16:28; Joshua 3:10; Psalm 41:12 [Psalm 41:11]; so בָּזֹאת Malachi 3:10.
(γ) in spite of this, Leviticus 26:27; Psalm 27:3, for which the fuller בְּכָלזֹֿאת occurs, Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:11 [Isaiah 9:12]; Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Isaiah 9:20 [Isaiah 9:21]; Isaiah 10:4; Psalm 78:32; Jeremiah 3:10; Hosea 7:10.
(δ) בָּזֹאת for this cause (late style) 1 Chronicles 27:24; 2 Chronicles 19:2; in this matter 2 Chronicles 20:17;
d. כְּזֹאת the like of this = as follows, † Genesis 45:23; כָּזֹאת the like of this = things such as these Judges 13:23 (with השׁמיע), Judges 15:7; Judges 19:30 לא נראתה כָּזֹאת, 1 Samuel 4:7 (compare Jeremiah 2:10; 2 Chronicles 30:26), 2 Samuel 14:13 (with חשׁב), Isaiah 66:8 (with שׁמע), Ezra 7:27; = accordingly, to that effect (with דִּבֶּר) 2 Chronicles 34:22; = in like manner Judges 8:8; = thus (as has been described) 1 Kings 7:37; 1 Chronicles 29:14; 2 Chronicles 31:20; 32:15: כָּזֹאת וְכָזֹאת thus and thus † Joshua 7:20; 2 Samuel 17:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 5:4; 2 Kings 9:12.
f. ... So עַל זֹאת Amos 8:8; Micah 1:8; Jeremiah 2:12 (Job 17:8) Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 4:28; Psalm 32:6; in late prose Ezra 8:23; Ezra 9:15; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:14; 2 Chronicles 16:9, 10; 29:9; 32:20.
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Genesis
2:23; 3:13; 3:13; 3:14; 9:12; 12:7; 12:12; 12:18; 15:7; 17:10; 20:5; 20:6; 24:8; 26:10; 29:25; 29:27; 29:27; 29:28; 34:15; 34:22; 41:39; 42:15; 42:18; 42:28; 42:33; 43:11; 45:19; 45:23
Exodus
7:17; 9:16; 14:11; 17:14
Leviticus
6:2; 6:18; 7:1; 7:11; 7:37; 11:46; 13:59; 16:3; 26:27
Numbers
5:29; 8:24; 14:35; 16:28
Deuteronomy
6:1; 32:6; 33:1
Joshua
3:10; 7:20; 13:2; 19:8; 19:16; 19:23; 22:24
Judges
2:2; 7:14; 8:8; 13:23; 15:7; 15:11; 19:30; 21:3
1 Samuel
4:7; 11:2; 20:2; 25:31
2 Samuel
7:19; 13:17; 14:13; 17:15; 19:21
1 Kings
7:37; 11:39
2 Kings
3:18; 5:4; 6:33; 9:12; 9:37
1 Chronicles
27:24; 29:14
2 Chronicles
16:9; 16:10; 19:2; 20:17; 21:18; 24:18; 29:9; 30:26; 31:20; 32:15; 32:20; 34:22; 35:20
Ezra
7:27; 8:23; 9:10; 9:15; 10:2
Nehemiah
13:14
Job
5:27; 10:13; 14:1; 14:2; 17:8; 19:26; 33:12; 42:16
Psalms
27:3; 32:6; 41:11; 78:32; 80:14; 92:6; 102:18; 109:20; 119:50; 119:56
Song of Songs
3:6; 6:10; 7:7; 8:5
Isaiah
1:12; 5:25; 9:12; 9:17; 9:21; 10:4; 14:26; 16:13; 23:7; 27:9; 47:8; 48:1; 48:16; 51:21; 54:17; 56:2; 66:8
Jeremiah
2:10; 2:12; 3:10; 4:8; 4:28; 9:12; 26:6
Lamentations
2:15
Ezekiel
5:5; 20:27; 36:37
Hosea
7:10
Amos
2:11; 8:4; 8:8
Micah
1:8
Zephaniah
2:15
Malachi
3:10