Zechariah 8:23

“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.’””

Zechariah 8:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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The context

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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