Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleby asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?” Young's Literal Translation speaking unto the priests who [are] at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, ‘Do I weep in the fifth month—being separated—as I have done these so many years?’ King James Bible [And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? Hebrew by askingלֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say the priests הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest of the house לְבֵית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign as well as the prophets, הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet “Should I weep הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ (ha·’eḇ·keh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan and fast הִנָּזֵ֕ר (hin·nā·zêr) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5144: To hold aloof, abstain, to set apart, devote in the fifth הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י (ha·ḥă·mi·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 2549: Fifth, a fifth month, בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I have done עָשִׂ֔יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make these זֶ֖ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that many כַּמֶּ֥ה (kam·meh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what years?” שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year |