Zechariah 8:21

“and the inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go now to implore the face of YHWH, and to seek YHWH Tsevaot; I also will go.’”

Zechariah 8:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 8:21, word by word

and the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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of oneאַחַתachat

each

Literally "one": all of them, one by one.

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will goהָלְכוּhalchu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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‘Let us go nowנֵלְכָהnelcha

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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to imploreחַלּוֹתchalot

entreat

Literally "soften the face": to plead for someone's favor.

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the faceפְּנֵיpene

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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of 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.

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and to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh

seek God

To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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The context

20Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Peoples will yet come, and the inhabitants of many cities;

21 · This verse (above)

22And many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek YHWH Tsevaot in Jerusalem and to implore the face of YHWH.

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