Hear,שְׁמַעplease,נָאJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַthe highהַגָּדוֹלpriest,הַכֹּהֵןyouאַתָּהand your companionsוְרֵעֶיךָwho sitהַיֹּשְׁבִיםbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָforכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare menאַנְשֵׁיof wonder;מוֹפֵתforכִּיlook,הִנְIנִיam bringingמֵבִיאmy servant,עַבְדִּיthe sprout.צֶמַח
Zechariah 3:8
Study it in the app“Hear, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 3:8, word by word
- Hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- the highגָּדוֹלgadol
high
Literally "the great priest": the chief of all priests.
Where else “gadol” appears- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- and your companionsרֵעֶיree
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appears- who sitיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- are menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of wonderמוֹפֵתmofet
portent
A sign of what is to come.
Where else “mofet” appears- am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- the sproutצֶמַחtsemach
growth, sprout
What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.
Where else “tsemach” appears
Translation note
“The sprout”: the same word as in Jeremiah 23:5 and 33:15, where YHWH announces “a righteous sprout” for David, and in Isaiah 4:2, “the sprout of YHWH.”
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9For look, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone seven eyes; look, I am engraving its engraving, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.