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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתLook,הִנְIנִיam savingמוֹשִׁיעַmy peopleעַמִּיfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the eastמִזְרָחand from the landוּמֵאֶרֶץof the settingמְבוֹאof the sun;הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Zechariah 8:7
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am saving my people from the land of the east and from the land of the setting of the sun;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:7, 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- am savingמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the eastמִזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- of the settingמְבוֹאmevo
sunset
The time and place where the sun sets, toward the west.
Where else “mevo” appears- of the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
The context
6Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: If it is difficult in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be difficult in my eyes? declares YHWH Tsevaot.
7 · This verse (above)
8and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them Elohim, in truth and in righteousness.