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And it will happenוְהָיָהin allבְכָלthe land,הָאָרֶץdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthat twoשְׁנַיִםpartsפִּיin itבָּהּwill be cut offיִכָּרְתוּand expire,יִגְוָעוּand the thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁיתwill be leftיִוָּתֶרin it.בָּהּ
Zechariah 13:8
Study it in the app“And it will happen in all the land, declares YHWH, that two parts in it will be cut off and expire, and the third will be left in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 13:8, 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- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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- that twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- partsפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- will be cut offיִכָּרְתוּyikartu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikartu” appears- and expireיִגְוָעוּyigvau
breathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “yigvau” appears- and the thirdשְּׁלִשִׁיתshelishit
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishit” appears- will be leftיִוָּתֶרyivater
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivater” appears
The context
7Sword, awake against my shepherd, and against the man who is my neighbor, declares YHWH Tsevaot. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I will bring the third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as one tests gold. He will call on my name, and I will answer him; I will say, ‘He is my people’; and he will say, ‘YHWH is my Elohim.’”