Zechariah 3:8

“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.”

Zechariah 3:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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the highגָּדוֹלgadol

high

Literally "the great priest": the chief of all priests.

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priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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and your companionsרֵעֶיree

companion

A companion, a friend.

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who sitיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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are menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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of wonderמוֹפֵתmofet

portent

A sign of what is to come.

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am bringingמֵבִיאmevi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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the sproutצֶמַחtsemach

growth, sprout

What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.

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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.

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