Zechariah 4:12

olive branches Having seen the vision (1 3), and received a general explanation of it (4 10), Zechariah now desires a further explanation of one particular feature (11 14). What, he asks, are the two olive trees (11)? and then, immediately recasting his question in more exact terms, the two olive branches?The word is allied to, if not identical with, that used for "ears of corn." It may refer to the pointed shape of the twigs of the olive tree, or to the fact that these branches were studded thick with berries, like the grains in an ear of corn. (Kimchi.)

pipes Rather tubes, or spouts; the word being different from that translated "pipes," Zechariah 4:2. Which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty, &c. R. V.