Zechariah 14:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה יוֹם־אֶחָ֗ד ה֛וּא יִוָּדַ֥ע לַֽיהוָ֖ה לֹא־י֣וֹם וְלֹא־לָ֑יְלָה וְהָיָ֥ה לְעֵֽת־עֶ֖רֶב יִֽהְיֶה־אֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

And wəhāyâ yôm-ʾeḥād hûʾ yiwwādaʿ laYHWH lōʾ-yôm wəlōʾ-lāylâ wəhāyâ ləʿēt-ʿereb yihyeh-ʾôr.

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyâ*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *yôm-ʾeḥād*: masculine singular noun + numeral - one day/a unique day
• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - it
• *yiwwādaʿ*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be known
• *laYHWH*: preposition + divine name - to YHWH
• *lōʾ-yôm*: negative particle + masculine singular noun - not day
• *wəlōʾ-lāylâ*: waw-conjunction + negative particle + masculine singular noun - and not night
• *ləʿēt*: preposition + feminine singular construct - at time of
• *ʿereb*: masculine singular noun - evening
• *yihyeh-ʾôr*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + masculine singular noun - will be light

Word Meanings

• *wəhāyâ*: it will be/come to pass/happen
• *yôm-ʾeḥād*: one day/a unique day/a special day
• *yiwwādaʿ*: will be known/recognized/acknowledged
• *lōʾ-yôm*: not day/daylight
• *wəlōʾ-lāylâ*: and not night/darkness
• *ləʿēt*: at time of/when/during
• *ʿereb*: evening/dusk/sunset
• *yihyeh-ʾôr*: there will be light/illumination

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Dan 12:4 : 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
• Matt 24:36 : 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
• Acts 15:18 : 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Acts 17:26 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
• Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 14:6 : 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
• Rev 20:2-4 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
• Mark 13:32 : 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
• Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
• Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
• Ps 37:18 : 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:9 : 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Rev 21:25 : 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.