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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Zechariah 4:8
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 4:8, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
7Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will be a plain; and he will bring out the top stone amid shouts: ‘Favor, favor to it!’”
8 · This verse (above)
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.