The Meaning of Zechariah 5:7 Explained

Zechariah 5:7

KJV: And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

YLT: And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.'

Darby: And behold, there was lifted up a round plate of lead; and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

ASV: (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, behold, there was lifted up  a talent  of lead:  and this [is] a  woman  that sitteth  in the midst  of the ephah. 

What does Zechariah 5:7 Mean?

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 5:7 mean?

And Here [is] a disc lead lifted up and this [is] woman a sitting inside the basket
וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר עֹפֶ֖רֶת נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֔ת יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאֵיפָֽה

וְהִנֵּ֛ה  And  Here  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
כִּכַּ֥ר  a  disc 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
עֹפֶ֖רֶת  lead 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹפֶרֶת  
Sense: lead.
נִשֵּׂ֑את  lifted  up 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
וְזֹאת֙  and  this  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
אִשָּׁ֣ה  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת  sitting 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בְּת֥וֹךְ  inside 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
הָאֵיפָֽה  the  basket 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.