“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתThe fastצוֹםof the fourth month,הָרְבִיעִיand the fastוְצוֹםof the fifth,הַחֲמִישִׁיand the fastוְצוֹםof the seventh,הַשְּׁבִיעִיand the fastוְצוֹםof the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִיwill beיִהְיֶהfor the houseלְבֵיתof Judahיְהוּדָהjoyלְשָׂשׂוֹןand gladnessוּלְשִׂמְחָהand goodטוֹבִיםfestivals;וּלְמֹעֲדִיםso loveוְ אֱהָבוּtruthהָאֱמֶתand peace.וְהַשָּׁלוֹם
Zechariah 8:19
Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Judah joy and gladness and good festivals; so love truth and peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:19, word by word
- 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 fastצוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- of the fourth monthרְבִיעִיrevii
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appears- of the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchamishi
fifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appears- of the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- of the tenthעֲשִׂירִיasiri
tenth
The one in tenth place in a list.
Where else “asiri” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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- joyשָׂשׂוֹןsason
joy, gladness
Joy, lively gladness.
Where else “sason” appears- and gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- and goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- festivalsמֹעֲדִיםmoadim
festival
Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
Where else “moadim” appears- so loveאֱהָבוּehavu
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ehavu” appears- truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and peaceשָּׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
18And the word of YHWH Tsevaot came to me, saying,
19 · This verse (above)
20Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Peoples will yet come, and the inhabitants of many cities;