YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתwill shieldיָגֵןthem,עֲלֵיהֶםand they will devourוְאָכְלוּand tread downוְכָבְשׁוּthe stonesאַבְנֵיof the sling;קֶלַעand they will drink,וְשָׁתוּroarהָמוּas withכְּמוֹwine,יָיִןand be filledוּמָלְאוּlike the bowl,כַּמִּזְרָקlike the cornersכְּזָוִיּוֹתof the altar.מִזְבֵּחַ
Zechariah 9:15
Study it in the app“YHWH Tsevaot will shield them, and they will devour and tread down the stones of the sling; and they will drink, roar as with wine, and be filled like the bowl, like the corners of the altar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:15, word by word
- 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- will shieldיָגֵןyagen
protect, defend
Protect, defend by surrounding on every side, like one who covers with a shield. In the Bible the subject is always YHWH, who protects Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:34; 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Zechariah 12:8).
Where else “yagen” appears- and they will devourאָכְלוּachlu
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achlu” appears- and tread downכָבְשׁוּchavshu
subdue
To put a land or a people under one's own power until they are held in subjection.
Where else “chavshu” appears- the stonesאַבְנֵיavne
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appears- of the slingקֶלַעkela
sling
A strap for hurling stones.
Where else “kela” appears- and they will drinkשָׁתוּshatu
drink
Drink.
Where else “shatu” appears- roarהָמוּhamu
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “hamu” appears- wineיָיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and be filledמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- like the bowlמִּזְרָקmizrak
basin
Basin for sprinkling the blood of the sacrifices; also a bowl.
Where else “mizrak” appears- like the cornersזָוִיּוֹתzaviyot
corner pillar
Corner, a carved column or stone at the corner of a building.
Where else “zaviyot” appears- of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as the image of the bowl with the blood of the sacrifices and of the corners of the altar, which were sprinkled with it.
The context
14And YHWH will appear over them, and his arrow will go out like the lightning; and Adonai YHWH will blow the horn, and will go in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 · This verse (above)
16And YHWH their Elohim will save them on that day as the flock of his people; for they will be the stones of a diadem, sparkling over his land.