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And the wordוַ דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיtoאֶלZechariah,זְכַרְיָהsaying,לֵאמֹר
Zechariah 7:8
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying,”
Zechariah: judge with truth and do not exploit widow, orphan or foreignerJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 7:8, word by word
- And the wordדְּבַרdevar
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- Zechariahזְכַרְיָהzecharya
Zechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharya” 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
7Are not these the words that YHWH proclaimed through the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at ease, and its cities around it, and the Negev and the Shephelah were inhabited?”
8 · This verse (above)
9“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, saying: Judge with judgment of truth, and practice loyal love and mercy each with his brother;