Zechariah 3:7

““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: If you walk in my ways, and if you keep my charge, then you also will judge my house and also will keep my courts; and I will give you access among these who are standing here.”

Zechariah 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 3:7, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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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you walkתֵּלֵךְtelech

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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in my waysדְרָכַderacha

ways of YHWH

YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.

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you keepתִשְׁמֹרtishmor

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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my chargeמִשְׁמַרְתִּmishmarti

charge

What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.

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will judgeתָּדִיןtadin

judge

To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.

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my houseבֵּיתִbeti

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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my courtsחֲצֵרָchatsera

court

An enclosed open space, like the temple's.

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and I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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accessמַהְלְכִיםmahlchim

access, going

A going about; the right to come and go. In Zechariah 3:7, God promises Joshua access among those who stand there.

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who are standing hereעֹמְדִיםomdim

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

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The context

6And the angel of YHWH solemnly declared to Joshua, saying,

7 · This verse (above)

8Hear, please, Joshua the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men of wonder; for look, I am bringing my servant, the sprout.

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