Zechariah 8:12

“For there will be a seed of peace: the vine will give its fruit, and the earth will give its produce, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give as an inheritance to the remnant of this people all these things.”

Zechariah 8:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 8:12, word by word

there will be a seedזֶרַעzera

seed

What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.

Where else “zera” appears
of peaceשָּׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

Where else “shalom” appears
the vineגֶּפֶןgefen

vine

Vine: the plant that bears grapes.

Where else “gefen” appears
will giveתִּתֵּןtiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “titen” appears
its fruitפִּרְיָpirya

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

Where else “pirya” appears
and the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
its produceיְבוּלָyevula

produce

Produce: what the land yields.

Where else “yevula” appears
and the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
their dewטַלָּtala

dew

Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.

Where else “tala” appears
and I will give as an inheritanceהִנְחַלְתִּיhinchalti

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

Where else “hinchalti” appears
to the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit

remnant

Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.

Where else “sheerit” appears
peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears

The context

11But now I will not be as in the former days to the remnant of this people, declares YHWH Tsevaot.

12 · This verse (above)

13And it will happen that as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.

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