Forכִּיthere will be a seedזֶרַעof peace:הַשָּׁלוֹםthe vineהַגֶּפֶןwill giveתִּתֵּןits fruit,פִּרְיָהּand the earthוְהָאָרֶץwill giveתִּתֵּןits produce,יְבוּלָהּand the heavensוְהַשָּׁמַיִםwill giveיִתְּנוּtheir dew;טַלָּםand I will give as an inheritanceוְהִנְחַלְתִּיto the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתof thisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםallכָּלthese things.אֵלֶּה
Zechariah 8:12
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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.