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Ho!הוֹיHo!הוֹיFleeוְנֻסוּfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the north,צָפוֹןdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH;יְהוָהforכִּיlike the fourכְּאַרְבַּעwindsרוּחוֹתof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםI have spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיyou,אֶתְכֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Zechariah 2:6
Study it in the app“Ho! Ho! Flee from the land of the north, declares YHWH; for like the four winds of the heavens I have spread out you, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 2:6, word by word
- Hoהוֹיhoy
ho
A shout to call someone to pay attention or come.
Where else “hoy” appears- Fleeנֻסוּnusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nusu” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the northצָפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- like the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- windsרוּחוֹתruchot
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruchot” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- I have spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיperasti
scatter
To throw or spread in different directions so that it is scattered.
Where else “perasti” appears
The context
5And I will be to it, declares YHWH, a wall of fire all around, and for glory I will be in its midst.’”
6 · This verse (above)
7Ho, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.