Zechariah 1:11

“And they answered the angel of YHWH who was standing among the myrtles and said, “We have gone about through the earth, and look, all the earth is at rest and quiet.””

Zechariah 1:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 1:11, word by word

And they answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu

answer

To reply to what was said.

Where else “yaanu” appears
the angelמַלְאַךְmalach

angel

A messenger from God, a heavenly being.

Where else “malach” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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” appears
who was standingעֹמֵדomed

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “omed” appears
the myrtlesהֲדַסִּיםhadasim

myrtle

Myrtle: a shrub with small, evergreen, fragrant leaves.

Where else “hadasim” appears
and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomru” appears
“We have gone aboutהִתְהַלַּכְנוּhithalachnu

roam

To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.

Where else “hithalachnu” appears
through the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
is at restיֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevet

stay

To remain in a place.

Where else “yoshevet” appears
and quietשֹׁקָטֶתshokatet

be at rest, be quiet

Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.

Where else “shokatet” appears

The context

10And the man who was standing among the myrtles answered and said, “These are those whom YHWH has sent to go about through the earth.”

11 · This verse (above)

12And the angel of YHWH answered and said, “YHWH Tsevaot, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have been indignant these seventy years?”

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