Zechariah
Zechariah 14:1–3
1Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. 2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Zechariah 14:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | הִנֵּ֥ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| a day | יֽוֹם־ | yō·wm- | Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| of the LORD | לַֽיהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| is coming | בָּ֖א | bā | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| when your plunder | שְׁלָלֵ֖ךְ | šə·lā·lêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7998 prey, spoil, plunder, booty |
| will be divided | וְחֻלַּ֥ק | wə·ḥul·laq | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Pual - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2505 divide, share |
| in your presence | בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃ | bə·qir·bêḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7130 inward part, midst |
Zechariah 14:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For I will gather | וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י | wə·’ā·sap̄·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H622 gather, remove |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the nations | הַגּוֹיִ֥ם׀ | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| for battle | לַמִּלְחָמָה֒ | lam·mil·ḥā·māh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4421 battle, war |
| against | אֶֽל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jerusalem | יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ | yə·rū·šā·lim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| and the city | הָעִ֗יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| will be captured | וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה | wə·nil·kə·ḏāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
| the houses | הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים | hab·bāt·tîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1004 house |
| looted | וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙ | wə·nā·šas·sū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H8155 id. |
| and the women | וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים | wə·han·nā·šîm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| ravished | תִּשָּׁגַלְנָה | tiš·šå̄·ḡal·nå̄h | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H7693 violate, ravish |
| Half | חֲצִ֤י | ḥă·ṣî | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2677 half |
| of the city | הָעִיר֙ | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| will go | וְיָצָ֞א | wə·yā·ṣā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| into exile | בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה | bag·gō·w·lāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H1473 exiles, exile |
| but the rest | וְיֶ֣תֶר | wə·ye·ṯer | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3499 remainder, excellence, excess |
| of the people | הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| will not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be removed | יִכָּרֵ֖ת | yik·kā·rêṯ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3772 cut off, cut down |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the city | הָעִֽיר׃ | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
Zechariah 14:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will go out | וְיָצָ֣א | wə·yā·ṣā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| to fight | וְנִלְחַ֖ם | wə·nil·ḥam | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against those | הָהֵ֑ם | hā·hêm | Article; Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| nations | בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם | bag·gō·w·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| as He fights | הִֽלָּחֲמ֖ו | hil·lå̄·ḥă·mw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular | H3898 fight, do battle |
| in the day | בְּי֥וֹם | bə·yō·wm | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3117 day |
| of battle | קְרָֽב׃ | qə·rāḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H7128 battle, war |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zechariah 14:1 Isaiah 13:9 · Revelation 16:14 · Isaiah 2:12 · Acts 2:20 · Isaiah 13:6 · Malachi 4:1
Zechariah 14:2 Luke 21:20–24 · Romans 9:27–29 · Isaiah 13:16 · Matthew 24:19–22 · Mark 13:14 · Matthew 24:15–16 · Galatians 4:26–27 · Luke 19:43–44 · Isaiah 65:6–9 · Matthew 22:7 · Isaiah 5:26 · Amos 7:17
Zechariah 14:3 Zechariah 12:9 · Joel 3:9–17 · Zechariah 2:8–9 · Zephaniah 3:19 · Joel 3:2 · Daniel 2:44–45 · Exodus 15:1–6 · 2 Chronicles 20:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.