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On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthere will beיִהְיֶהa fountainמָקוֹרopenedנִפְתָּחfor the houseלְבֵיתof Davidדָּוִידand for the inhabitantsוּלְיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםfor sinלְחַטַּאתand for impurity.וּלְנִדָּה
Zechariah 13:1
Study it in the app“On that day there will be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 13:1, word by word
- On that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- there will beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a fountainמָקוֹרmakor
spring
The place where water wells up, and so also the source of life.
Where else “makor” appears- openedנִפְתָּחniftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “niftach” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and for the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- for sinחַטַּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and for impurityנִדָּהnida
impurity
Something defiling; or water for cleansing.
Where else “nida” appears
Translation note
The word for “impurity” is that of “the water of impurity,” with which one was purified in Numbers 19:9.
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
1 · This verse (above)
2And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH Tsevaot, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered any more; and also the prophets and the spirit of impurity I will remove from the land.