Zechariah 9:15

“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.”

Zechariah 9:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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