Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, saying: Because you have sent in your name letters to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,”
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying:לֵאמֹרBecauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהhave sentשָׁלַחְתָּin your nameבְשִׁמְכָהlettersסְפָרִיםto allאֶל כָּלthe peopleהָעָםwho areאֲשֶׁרin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִַםand to Zephaniahוְאֶל צְפַנְיָהsonבֶןof Maaseiah,מַעֲשֵׂיָהthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןand to allוְאֶל כָּלthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachta” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shim” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsZephaniah
Zephaniah. A personal name meaning "YHWH has hidden" (has protected). In 2 Kings 25:18 he is the "second priest," brought before the king of Babylon and killed at Riblah. It is also the name of the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1) and of others.
Where else “tsefanya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsMaaseiah
Maaseiah: name of many Israelites. It means "work of YHWH."
Where else “maaseya” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
24And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying:
25 · This verse (above)
26‘YHWH has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, so that there may be overseers in the house of YHWH for every man who is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you may put him in the stocks and in the collar.
