Zechariah 2:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and become His people. I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִלְווּ֩ גוֹיִ֨ם רַבִּ֤ים אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֖י לְעָ֑ם וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וְיָדַ֕עַתְּ כִּי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֵלָֽיִךְ׃

Transliteration

And wənilwû gôyim rabbîm to-YHWH in hayyôm hahûʾ and wəhāyû to me ləʿām and wəšāḵantî bətôḵēḵ and wəyādaʿat that-YHWH ṣəbāʾôt šəlāḥanî ʾēlāyiḵ

Grammar Details

• *wənilwû*: conjunction + 3rd person plural perfect Niphal of *lāwāh* - and they will join
• *gôyim*: noun masculine plural - nations
• *rabbîm*: adjective masculine plural - many/great
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *hayyôm*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the day
• *hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - that
• *wəhāyû*: conjunction + 3rd person plural perfect Qal of *hāyāh* - and they will be
• *ləʿām*: preposition + noun masculine singular - for a people
• *wəšāḵantî*: conjunction + 1st person singular perfect Qal of *šāḵan* - and I will dwell
• *bətôḵēḵ*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your midst
• *wəyādaʿat*: conjunction + 2nd person feminine singular perfect Qal of *yādaʿ* - and you will know
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *šəlāḥanî*: 3rd person masculine singular perfect Qal of *šālaḥ* + 1st person singular suffix - he sent me
• *ʾēlāyiḵ*: preposition + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

• *lāwāh*: join/be joined/attached
• *rabbîm*: many/great/numerous/abundant

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.