Andוְeveryכָּלpotסִירin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַםand in Judahוּבִיהוּדָהwill beהָיָהholinessקֹדֶשׁto YHWHלַיהוָהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹתand allוּ כָּלwho sacrificeהַזֹּבְחִיםwill comeבָאוּand takeוְלָקְחוּfrom themמֵהֶםand cookוּבִשְּׁלוּin them;בָהֶםand there will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדbeיִהְיֶהa merchantכְנַעֲנִיin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתon that day.בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא
Zechariah 14:21
Study it in the app“And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holiness to YHWH Tsevaot; and all who sacrifice will come and take from them and cook in them; and there will no longer be a merchant in the house of YHWH Tsevaot on that day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 14:21, word by word
- potסִירsir
pot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and in Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- holinessקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- who sacrificeזֹּבְחִיםzovchim
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zovchim” appears- will comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- and takeלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- and cookבִשְּׁלוּvishlu
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “vishlu” appears- a merchantכְנַעֲנִיchenaani
merchant
A person who buys and sells, as the Canaanites of the coast did.
Where else “chenaani” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
The word is “Canaanite,” which also means “merchant” (Proverbs 31:24). Compare John 2:16.
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
20On that day there will be on the bells of the horses, ‘Holiness to YHWH’; and the pots in the house of YHWH will be like the bowls before the altar.
21 · This verse (above)