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As for you also,גַּם אַתְּbecause of the bloodבְּדַםof your covenant,בְּרִיתֵךְI have set freeשִׁלַּחְתִּיyour prisonersאֲסִירַיִךְfrom the cisternמִבּוֹרin which there is noאֵין בּוֹwater.מַיִם
Zechariah 9:11
Study it in the app“As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the cistern in which there is no water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:11, word by word
- because of the bloodדַםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- of your covenantבְּרִיתֵberite
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berite” appears- I have set freeשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilachti” appears- your prisonersאֲסִירַיִasirayi
prisoner
Prisoner, captive.
Where else “asirayi” appears- from the cisternבּוֹרbor
dungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
Translation note
“The blood of the covenant” is the same expression as in Exodus 24:8. At the Last Supper Jesus says “my blood of the covenant” (Matthew 26:28).
The context
10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations, and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 · This verse (above)
12Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope; even today I declare that double I will restore to you.