and the inhabitantsוְ יֹשְׁבֵיof oneאַחַתwill goהָלְכוּtoאֶלanother,אַחַתsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Let us go nowנֵלְכָה הָלוֹךְto imploreלְחַלּוֹתthe faceפְּנֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand to seekוּלְבַקֵּשׁYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹתIאָנִיalsoגַּםwill go.’אֵלְכָה
Zechariah 8:21
Study it in the app“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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:21, word by word
- and the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of oneאַחַתachat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “achat” appears- will goהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Let us go nowנֵלְכָהnelcha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelcha” appears- to imploreחַלּוֹתchalot
entreat
Literally "soften the face": to plead for someone's favor.
Where else “chalot” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- and to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “vakesh” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
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.