Zechariah 14:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָמְד֣וּ רַגְלָ֣יו בַּיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא עַל־הַ֨ר הַזֵּתִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ מִקֶּדֶם֒ וְנִבְקַע֩ הַ֨ר הַזֵּיתִ֤ים מֵֽחֶצְיוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֣חָה וָיָ֔מָּה גֵּ֖יא גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וּמָ֨שׁ חֲצִ֥י הָהָ֛ר צָפ֖וֹנָה וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶֽגְבָּה׃

Transliteration

And wəʿāmədû raglāyw bayyôm-hahûʾ upon har-hazzêtîm which upon pənê yərûšālaim miqqedem and wənibqaʿ har hazzêtîm mēḥeṣyô mizrāḥâ wāyāmmâ gêʾ gədôlâ məʾōd and ûmāš ḥăṣî hāhār ṣāpônâ wəḥeṣyô-negbâ.

Grammar Details

• *wəʿāmədû*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect 3rd plural - and will stand
• *raglāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his feet
• *bayyôm-hahûʾ*: preposition + masculine singular noun with definite article + demonstrative pronoun - in that day
• *har-hazzêtîm*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural noun with definite article - Mount of Olives
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *pənê*: masculine plural construct - face of
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *miqqedem*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from east
• *wənibqaʿ*: waw-consecutive + niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will be split
• *har*: masculine singular construct - mount of
• *hazzêtîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the olives
• *mēḥeṣyô*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from its middle
• *mizrāḥâ*: masculine singular noun with directional heh - eastward
• *wāyāmmâ*: waw-consecutive + masculine singular noun with directional heh - and westward
• *gêʾ*: masculine singular construct - valley of
• *gədôlâ*: adjective feminine singular - great
• *məʾōd*: adverb - very
• *ûmāš*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will move
• *ḥăṣî*: masculine singular construct - half of
• *hāhār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the mountain
• *ṣāpônâ*: feminine singular noun with directional heh - northward
• *wəḥeṣyô*: waw-consecutive + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and its half
• *negbâ*: masculine singular noun with directional heh - southward

Word Meanings

• *wəʿāmədû*: will stand/be positioned/take a stand
• *raglāyw*: his feet/legs
• *har-hazzêtîm*: Mount of Olives
• *pənê*: face of/before/in front of
• *miqqedem*: from east/eastward/on the east
• *wənibqaʿ*: will be split/divided/cleaved
• *mēḥeṣyô*: from its middle/half/center
• *gêʾ*: valley/ravine
• *məʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
• *ûmāš*: will move/depart/remove
• *ṣāpônâ*: northward/to the north
• *negbâ*: southward/to the south

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 11:23 : 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
• Mic 1:3-4 : 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
• Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
• Zech 4:7 : 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
• Zech 14:10 : 10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
• Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
• Mark 11:23 : 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
• Acts 1:11-12 : 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
• Zech 14:7 : 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
• Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Ezek 43:2 : 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
• Joel 3:12-14 : 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.