Zechariah 1:7

“On the twenty- fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,”

Zechariah 1:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 1:7, word by word

On the twenty-עֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
fourthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa

four

Four.

Where else “arbaa” appears
dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּיashte

eleven

Eleven (always with "ten").

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of the eleventhעָשָׂרasar

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

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monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
of Shebatשְׁבָטshevat

Shebat

Shebat, the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar, between January and February.

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in the secondשְׁתַּיִםshetayim

double

Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.

Where else “shetayim” appears
yearשְׁנַתshenat

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shenat” appears
of Dariusדָרְיָוֶשׁdaryavesh

Darius

Darius: the name of several kings of Persia and of Darius the Mede. In Ezra, the king in whose reign the house of God was finished.

Where else “daryavesh” appears
the wordדְבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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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
cameהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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Zechariahזְכַרְיָהzecharya

Zechariah

Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

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sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ben” appears
of Berechiahבֶּרֶכְיָהוּberechyahu

Berechiah

Berechiah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has blessed."

Where else “berechyahu” appears
of Iddoעִדּוֹאido

Iddo

Iddo: the name of several men in the Bible: the father of Ahinadab, Solomon's officer (1 Kings 4:14); a seer who wrote about the kings (2 Chronicles 12:15); the grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1), and others.

Where else “ido” appears
the prophetנָּבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

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

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The context

6But my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they turned back and said, “As YHWH Tsevaot purposed to do to us according to our ways and according to our deeds, so he has done with us.”’”

7 · This verse (above)

8I saw in the night, and look, a man riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtles that were in the hollow; and behind him were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

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