And manyרַבִּיםnationsגוֹיִםwill join themselvesוְנִלְווּtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאand they will beוְהָיוּa peopleלְעָםto me;לִיand I will dwellוְשָׁכַנְתִּיin your midst,”בְתוֹכֵךְand you will knowוְיָדַעַתְּthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto you.אֵלָיִךְ
Zechariah 2:11
Study it in the app“And many nations will join themselves to YHWH on that day, and they will be a people to me; and I will dwell in your midst,” and you will know that YHWH Tsevaot has sent me to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 2:11, word by word
- And manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will join themselvesנִלְווּnilvu
join
To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.
Where else “nilvu” 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- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and I will dwellשָׁכַנְתִּיshachanti
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachanti” appears- in your midstתוֹכֵtoche
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toche” appears- and you will knowיָדַעַתְּyadaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadaat” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- has sent meשְׁלָחַshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears
The context
10“Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares YHWH.
11 · This verse (above)
12And YHWH will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.