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And alsoוְגַםHamath,חֲמָתwhich bordersתִּגְבָּלon it;בָּהּTyreצֹרand Sidon,וְצִידוֹןthoughכִּיshe is veryמְאֹדwise.חָכְמָה
Zechariah 9:2
Study it in the app“And also Hamath, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though she is very wise.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:2, word by word
- Hamathחֲמָתchamat
Hamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appears- which bordersתִּגְבָּלtigbal
set a boundary
Set a limit or a boundary; border on.
Where else “tigbal” appears- Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- and Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- she is veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- wiseחָכְמָהchachma
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “chachma” appears
Places in this verse
1Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
2Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
The context
1The burden of the word of YHWH against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place; for to YHWH is turned the eye of human beings and of all the tribes of Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Tyre built a bulwark for herself, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.