Forכִּיlook,הִנְIנִיam wavingמֵנִיףmy handיָדִיover them,עֲלֵיהֶםand they will beוְהָיוּplunderשָׁלָלfor their slaves,”לְעַבְדֵיהֶםand you will knowוִידַעְתֶּםthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתhas sent me.שְׁלָחָנִי
Zechariah 2:9
Study it in the app“For look, I am waving my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves,” and you will know that YHWH Tsevaot has sent me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 2:9, word by word
- am wavingמֵנִיףmenif
wield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “menif” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- plunderשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- for their slavesעַבְדֵיavde
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avde” appears- and you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “ydatem” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- has sent meשְׁלָחָshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears
The context
8For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, after glory he sent me to the nations that plunder you: “For whoever touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
9 · This verse (above)
10“Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares YHWH.