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And it happenedוַיְהִיthat, asכַאֲשֶׁרhe calledקָרָאand they did notוְלֹאlisten,שָׁמֵעוּsoכֵּןthey will callיִקְרְאוּand I will notוְלֹאlisten,אֶשְׁמָעsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
Zechariah 7:13
Study it in the app“And it happened that, as he called and they did not listen, so they will call and I will not listen, says YHWH Tsevaot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 7:13, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- he calledקָרָאkara
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appears- listenשָׁמֵעוּshameu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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
The context
12And their heart they made like diamond, so as not to hear the instruction and the words that YHWH Tsevaot sent by his spirit through the former prophets; and there was great anger from YHWH Tsevaot.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known; and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one passing through or returning; and they made the pleasant land a horror.