Zechariah 13:3

“And it will happen that if anyone prophesies again, his father and his mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you have spoken a lie in the name of YHWH’; and his father and his mother who begot him will pierce him when he prophesies.”

Zechariah 13:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 13:3, 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
anyoneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
prophesiesיִנָּבֵאyinave

prophesy

To speak what God's spirit gives to say.

Where else “yinave” appears
his fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

Where else “avi” appears
and his motherאִמּim

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

Where else “im” appears
who begot himיֹלְדָיyolday

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

Where else “yolday” appears
will sayאָמְרוּamru

say

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

Where else “amru” appears
liveתִחְיֶהtichye

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “tichye” appears
you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “dibarta” appears
a lieשֶׁקֶרsheker

lie

What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.

Where else “sheker” appears
in the nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears
of YHWH’יְהוָהyehva

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
will pierce himדְקָרֻdekaru

pierce, thrust through

Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.

Where else “dekaru” appears

The context

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.

3 · This verse (above)

4And it will happen on that day that the prophets will be ashamed, each of his vision when he prophesies; and they will not put on a mantle of hair in order to lie.

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