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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהansweredיַּעַןthe angelהַמַּלְאָךְwho talkedהַדֹּבֵרwith meבִּיwith goodטוֹבִיםwords,דְּבָרִיםwordsדְּבָרִיםof comfort.נִחֻמִים
Zechariah 1:13
Study it in the app“And YHWH answered the angel who talked with me with good words, words of comfort.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 1:13, word by word
- And 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- the angelמַּלְאָךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- who talkedדֹּבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears- with goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- of comfortנִחֻמִיםnichumim
comfort
Comfort, consolation.
Where else “nichumim” appears
The context
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?”
13 · This verse (above)
14And the angel who talked with me said to me, “Call out, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great jealousy.