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And YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill beהָיָהkingלְמֶלֶךְoverעַלallכָּלthe earth;הָאָרֶץon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאYHWHיְהוָהwill beיִהְיֶהone,אֶחָדand his nameוּשְׁמוֹone.אֶחָד
Zechariah 14:9
Study it in the app“And YHWH will be king over all the earth; on that day YHWH will be one, and his name one.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 14:9, 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 beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- and his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
Translation note
“YHWH will be one”: the same words as Deuteronomy 6:4, “YHWH is one.”
The context
8And it will happen on that day that living waters will go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter it will be so.
9 · This verse (above)
10All the land will be turned like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it will be lifted high and will dwell in its place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Gate of the Corners, and from the Tower of Hananel to the winepresses of the king.