ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתIn thoseבַּ הָהֵמָּהdays,יָּמִיםwhenאֲשֶׁרtenעֲשָׂרָהmenאֲנָשִׁיםfrom allמִכֹּלthe languagesלְשֹׁנוֹתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםwill take hold,יַחֲזִיקוּthey will take holdוְהֶחֱזִיקוּof the edge of the robeבִּכְנַףof a Jewishיְהוּדִיman,אִישׁsaying,לֵאמֹר‘We will goנֵלְכָהwith you,עִמָּכֶםforכִּיwe have heardשָׁמַעְנוּthat Elohimאֱלֹהִיםis with you.’”עִמָּכֶם
Zechariah 8:23
Study it in the app“Thus 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:23, 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- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- the languagesלְשֹׁנוֹתleshonot
language
The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.
Where else “leshonot” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will take holdיַחֲזִיקוּyachaziku
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yachaziku” appears- of the edge of the robeכְנַףchenaf
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “chenaf” appears- of a Jewishיְהוּדִיyehudi
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudi” appears- ‘We will goנֵלְכָהnelcha
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “nelcha” appears- we have heardשָׁמַעְנוּshamanu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamanu” appears- that Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
22And many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek YHWH Tsevaot in Jerusalem and to implore the face of YHWH.
23 · This verse (above)