Zechariah 2:9

“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.”

Zechariah 2:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 2:9, word by word

am wavingמֵנִיףmenif

wield

To brandish or swing something, like a hand.

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my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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and they will beהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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plunderשָׁלָלshalal

spoil, plunder

Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.

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for their slavesעַבְדֵיavde

slave

A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.

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and you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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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.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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has sent meשְׁלָחָshelaach

send

To send someone or something.

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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.

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