Study it in the app““Take from the exiles, from Heldai, and from Tobiah, and from Jedaiah; and go, you yourself, on that same day, and enter the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.”
“Takeלָקוֹחַfromמֵאֵתthe exiles,הַגּוֹלָהfrom Heldai,מֵחֶלְדַּיand fromוּמֵאֵתTobiah,טוֹבִיָּהand fromוּמֵאֵתJedaiah;יְדַעְיָהand go,וּבָאתָyou yourself,אַתָּהon that same day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאand enterוּבָאתָthe houseבֵּיתof Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהsonבֶןof Zephaniah,צְפַנְיָהwhereאֲשֶׁרthey have comeבָּאוּfrom Babylon.מִבָּבֶל
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakoach” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appearsHeldai
Heldai: the name of two Israelites: the commander of the army for the twelfth month (1 Chronicles 27:15) and one who returned from exile (Zechariah 6:10).
Where else “chelday” appearsTobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appearsJedaiah
Jedaiah: the name of several priests. The name means "YHWH has known."
Where else “yedaya” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsJosiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsZephaniah
Zephaniah. A personal name meaning "YHWH has hidden" (has protected). In 2 Kings 25:18 he is the "second priest," brought before the king of Babylon and killed at Riblah. It is also the name of the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1) and of others.
Where else “tsefanya” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
9And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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11And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
