and I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִיthem,אֹתָםand they will dwellוְשָׁכְנוּin the midstבְּתוֹךְof Jerusalem;יְרוּשָׁלִָםand they will beוְהָיוּto meלִיa people,לְעָםand Iוַאֲנִיwill beאֶהְיֶהto themלָהֶםElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםin truthבֶּאֱמֶתand in righteousness.וּבִצְדָקָה
Zechariah 8:8
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 8:8, word by word
- and I will bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- and they will dwellשָׁכְנוּshachnu
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachnu” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- in truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and in righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” 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
7Thus 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;
8 · This verse (above)
9Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the house of YHWH Tsevaot was founded, the temple, to be built.