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“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתI have been jealousקִנֵּאתִיfor Zionלְצִיּוֹןwith greatגְדוֹלָהjealousy,קִנְאָהand with greatוְ גְדוֹלָהfuryחֵמָהI have been jealousקִנֵּאתִיfor her.לָהּ
Zechariah 8:2
Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: I have been jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and with great fury I have been jealous for her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:2, 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- I have been jealousקִנֵּאתִיkineti
be zealous
To burn with zeal for something, as YHWH for his people.
Where else “kineti” appears- for Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- with greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears- furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1And the word of YHWH Tsevaot came, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Thus says YHWH: I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the city of truth, and the mountain of YHWH Tsevaot, the holy mountain.