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soכֵּןagainשַׁבְתִּיI have purposedזָמַמְתִּיin theseבַּ הָאֵלֶּהdaysיָּמִיםto do goodלְהֵיטִיבto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםand toוְthe houseבֵּיתof Judah.יְהוּדָהDo notאַלfear.תִּירָאוּ
Zechariah 8:15
Study it in the app“so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:15, word by word
- againשַׁבְתִּיshavti
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “shavti” appears- I have purposedזָמַמְתִּיzamamti
resolve
To make up one's mind.
Where else “zamamti” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- to do goodהֵיטִיבhetiv
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetiv” appears- to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- fearתִּירָאוּtirau
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tirau” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
14For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: As I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked me to anger, says YHWH Tsevaot, and I did not relent,
15 · This verse (above)
16These are the things that you shall do: Speak truth each with his neighbor; judge with truth and judgment of peace in your gates.