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And manyרַבִּיםpeoplesעַמִּיםand mightyעֲצוּמִיםnationsוְגוֹיִםwill comeוּבָאוּto seekלְבַקֵּשׁYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָםand to imploreוּלְחַלּוֹתthe faceפְּנֵיof YHWH.יְהוָה
Zechariah 8:22
Study it in the app“And many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek YHWH Tsevaot in Jerusalem and to implore the face of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:22, word by word
- And manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and mightyעֲצוּמִיםatsumim
mighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsumim” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “vakesh” 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- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and 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
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
21and 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.’
22 · This verse (above)
23Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: In those days, when ten men from all the languages of the nations will take hold, they will take hold of the edge of the robe of a Jewish man, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.’”