Zechariah 5:7 - Exposition

There was lifted up a talent of lead. As the prophet gazed, the leaden cover of the ephah was raised, so that the contents became visible. The word rendered "talent" ( kikkar ) denotes a circle. It is used in Genesis 13:10 , Genesis 13:12 , for the tract of country of which the Jordan was the centre, and in 1 Samuel 2:36 for a round loaf. Here it means a disc or circular plate which formed the cover of the round shaped ephah. In the next verse it is called, "the weight of lead." And this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah; and there was a woman sitting, etc. When the leaden lid was raised one woman ( mulier una, γυνὴ μία ) was seen in the measure. She is called "one," as uniting and concentrating in her person all sinners and all sins.