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And a mamzerוְ מַמְזֵרwill dwellיָשַׁבin Ashdod,בְּאַשְׁדּוֹדand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיthe prideגְּאוֹןof the Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּים
Zechariah 9:6
Study it in the app“And a mamzer will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:6, word by word
- And a mamzerמַמְזֵרmamzer
mixed people
A mixed people of foreign origin, living in a city.
Where else “mamzer” appears- will dwellיָשַׁבyashav
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- in Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹדashdod
Ashdod
See it on the mapWhere else “ashdod” appears- and I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears
Translation note
“Mamzer”: a Hebrew word for one born of a forbidden union (Deuteronomy 23:2); here it can be understood as a mixed population that will occupy Ashdod.
Places in this verse
Ashdod
Today: Ashdod, Israel
A Philistine city near the Mediterranean coast, about 34 miles (55 km) west of Jerusalem.
The Philistines brought the ark of God there, and their god Dagon fell before it (1 Sam 5:1-4).
The context
5Ashkelon will see it and fear, and Gaza, and will writhe greatly, and Ekron, for her expectation has been put to shame; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 · This verse (above)
7And I will remove his blood from his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth; and he too will be left for our Elohim, and he will be like a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron like the Jebusite.