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And YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill go outיָצָאand fightוְנִלְחַםagainst thoseבַּ הָהֵםnations,גּוֹיִםas on the dayכְּיוֹםwhen he foughtהִלָּחֲמוon the dayבְּיוֹםof battle.קְרָב
Zechariah 14:3
Study it in the app“And YHWH will go out and fight against those nations, as on the day when he fought on the day of battle.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 14:3, word by word
- And 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- will go outיָצָאyatsa
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yatsa” appears- and fightנִלְחַםnilcham
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- as on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of battleקְרָבkerav
battle, war
Combat, battle; the moment when two sides draw near to fight. It comes from the idea of "drawing near." It is a different word from the usual one for "war."
Where else “kerav” appears
The context
2And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for war; and the city will be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped; and half of the city will go out into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
3 · This verse (above)
4And his feet will stand on that day on the Mount of Olives, which is facing Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle toward the east and toward the west, making a very great valley; and half of the mountain will move toward the north, and its other half toward the south.