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And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat I will seekאֲבַקֵּשׁto destroyלְהַשְׁמִידallכָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthat comeהַבָּאִיםagainstעַלJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Zechariah 12:9
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 12:9, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that I will seekאֲבַקֵּשׁavakesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “avakesh” appears- to destroyהַשְׁמִידhashmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- that comeבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
8On that day YHWH will shield the inhabitant of Jerusalem; and the one who stumbles among them will be on that day like David, and the house of David like Elohim, like the angel of YHWH before them.
9 · This verse (above)
10And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitant of Jerusalem a spirit of favor and of supplications; and they will look to me, whom they have pierced; and they will lament over him like the lament over the only one, and grieve bitterly over him as one grieves bitterly over the firstborn.