The burdenמַשָּׂאof the wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהconcerningעַלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵלDeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwho stretches outנֹטֶהthe heavensשָׁמַיִםand lays the foundationוְיֹסֵדof the earthאָרֶץand formsוְיֹצֵרthe spiritרוּחַof the human beingאָדָםwithin him:בְּקִרְבּוֹ
Zechariah 12:1
Study it in the app“The burden of the word of YHWH concerning Israel. Declares YHWH, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of the human being within him:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 12:1, word by word
- The burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- of the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- who stretches outנֹטֶהnote
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and lays the foundationיֹסֵדyosed
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yosed” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and formsיֹצֵרyotser
mold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “yotser” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- within himקִרְבּkirb
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirb” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“Look, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the peoples around; and also on Judah it will be, in the siege against Jerusalem.