Study it in the app“For who has despised the day of small things? And they will rejoice and see the stone of tin in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of YHWH; they roam through all the earth.””
Forכִּיwhoמִיhas despisedבַזthe dayלְיוֹםof small things?קְטַנּוֹתAnd they will rejoiceוְשָׂמְחוּand seeוְרָאוּthe stoneהָאֶבֶןof tinהַבְּדִילin the handבְּיַדof Zerubbabel.זְרֻבָּבֶלTheseאֵלֶּהsevenשִׁבְעָהare the eyesעֵינֵיof YHWH;יְהוָהtheyהֵמָּהroamמְשׁוֹטְטִיםthrough allבְּכָלthe earth.”הָאָרֶץ
despise
To despise, to think little of; to treat something or someone as worthless.
Where else “vaz” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketanot” appearsrejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samchu” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearstin
Tin: a metal that is separated in smelting.
Where else “bedil” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsZerubbabel
Zerubbabel: a descendant of David who led the return of the exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of the house of YHWH (Ezra 3; Haggai 1-2).
Where else “zerubavel” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearsYHWH
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” appearsroam
To go back and forth over a place, looking it over or searching for something.
Where else “meshottim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears“The stone of tin”: it can be understood as the builders' plumb line, a sign that the work is moving forward.
9“The hands of Zerubbabel have founded this house, and his hands will finish it; and you will know that YHWH Tsevaot has sent me to you.
10 · This verse (above)
11And I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”
