And you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto him,אֵלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתsaying:לֵאמֹרLook,הִנֵּהa manאִישׁwhose nameשְׁמוֹis sprout;צֶמַחand from his placeוּמִתַּחְתָּיוhe will sprout,יִצְמָחand he will buildוּבָנָהthe templeהֵיכַלof YHWH.יְהוָהּ
Zechariah 6:12
Study it in the app“And you shall say to him, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, saying: Look, a man whose name is sprout; and from his place he will sprout, and he will build the temple of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 6:12, word by word
- And you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- whose nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- is sproutצֶמַחtsemach
growth, sprout
What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.
Where else “tsemach” appears- he will sproutיִצְמָחyitsmach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “yitsmach” appears- and he will buildבָנָהvana
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vana” appears- the templeהֵיכַלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears
Translation note
“Sprout” and “will sprout” are from the same root in Hebrew; “sprout” is the same word as in 3:8.
The context
11And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
12 · This verse (above)
13And he will build the temple of YHWH, and he will bear majesty, and will sit and rule on his throne; and he will be a priest on his throne, and counsel of peace will be between the two of them.’