and he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָו“Run,רֻץspeakדַּבֵּרtoאֶלthatהַלָּזyoung man,הַנַּעַרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwill be inhabitedתֵּשֵׁבas unwalled townsפְּרָזוֹתbecause of the multitudeמֵרֹבof human beingsאָדָםand livestockוּבְהֵמָהin its midst.בְּתוֹכָהּ
Zechariah 2:4
Study it in the app“and he said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as unwalled towns because of the multitude of human beings and livestock in its midst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 2:4, word by word
- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Runרֻץruts
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ruts” appears- speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- thatהַלָּזhalaz
that, yonder
That one: points to something in sight, a little way off.
Where else “halaz” appears- young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- ‘Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- will be inhabitedתֵּשֵׁבteshev
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “teshev” appears- as unwalled townsפְּרָזוֹתperazot
open country, unwalled towns
Open country; a village or town without a wall to protect it.
Where else “perazot” appears- because of the multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and livestockבְהֵמָהvehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehema” appears- in its midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
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
3And look, the angel who talked with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him,
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will be to it, declares YHWH, a wall of fire all around, and for glory I will be in its midst.’”