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Returnשׁוּבוּto the stronghold,לְבִצָּרוֹןprisonersאֲסִירֵיof hope;הַתִּקְוָהevenגַּםtodayהַיּוֹםI declareמַגִּידthat doubleמִשְׁנֶהI will restoreאָשִׁיבto you.לָךְ
Zechariah 9:12
Study it in the app“Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope; even today I declare that double I will restore to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:12, word by word
- Returnשׁוּבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- to the strongholdבִצָּרוֹןvitsaron
stronghold
A stronghold, a fortified place where one is safe. It appears only in Zechariah 9:12, where God calls the “prisoners of hope” to return to it.
Where else “vitsaron” appears- prisonersאֲסִירֵיasire
prisoner
Prisoner, captive.
Where else “asire” appears- of hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- I declareמַגִּידmagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “magid” appears- that doubleמִשְׁנֶהmishne
double
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appears
The context
11As 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13For I have bent Judah for myself as a bow, I have filled it with Ephraim; and I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.