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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהshowed meיַּרְאֵנִיfourאַרְבָּעָהcraftsmen.חָרָשִׁים
Zechariah 1:20
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Zechariah 1:20, 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- showed meיַּרְאֵyare
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “yare” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- craftsmenחָרָשִׁיםcharashim
craftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charashim” appears
The context
19And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, saying, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one lifted up his head; and these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who lift up a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”