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Askשַׁאֲלוּof YHWHמֵיְהוָהrainמָטָרin the timeבְּעֵתof the late rain;מַלְקוֹשׁYHWHיְהוָהmakesעֹשֶׂהthe lightning flashes,חֲזִיזִיםand rainוּמְטַרin downpoursגֶּשֶׁםhe will giveיִתֵּןthem,לָהֶםto eachלְאִישׁgrassעֵשֶׂבin the field.בַּשָּׂדֶה
Zechariah 10:1
Study it in the app“Ask of YHWH rain in the time of the late rain; YHWH makes the lightning flashes, and rain in downpours he will give them, to each grass in the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 10:1, word by word
- Askשַׁאֲלוּshaalu
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaalu” 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- rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- in the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of the late rainמַלְקוֹשׁmalkosh
late rain
Late rain: the spring rain that ripens the grain.
Where else “malkosh” appears- makesעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- the lightning flashesחֲזִיזִיםchazizim
thunderbolt, lightning flash
A flash of lightning, the bolt of a storm.
Where else “chazizim” appears- in downpoursגֶּשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- he will giveיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- to eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- grassעֵשֶׂבesev
plants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2For the teraphim have spoken wickedness, and the diviners have seen a lie, and they speak dreams of falsehood; they comfort with emptiness. Therefore they have set out like sheep; they wander afflicted because there is no shepherd.