And they answeredוַיַּעֲנוּthe angelמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהwho was standingהָעֹמֵדamongבֵּיןthe myrtlesהַהֲדַסִּיםand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We have gone aboutהִתְהַלַּכְנוּthrough the earth,בָאָרֶץand look,וְהִנֵּהallכָלthe earthהָאָרֶץis at restיֹשֶׁבֶתand quiet.”וְשֹׁקָטֶת
Zechariah 1:11
Study it in the app“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.””
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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?”