Zechariah 2:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ אַחַ֣ר כָּב֔וֹד שְׁלָחַ֕נִי אֶל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣ים אֶתְכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י הַנֹּגֵ֣עַ בָּכֶ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ בְּבָבַ֥ת עֵינֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

For kōh ʾāmar YHWH ṣəbāʾôt after kābôd šəlāḥanî to-haggôyim haššōləlîm ʾetḵem for hannōgēaʿ in you nōgēaʿ in bābat ʿênô

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*ʾāmar*: 3rd person masculine singular perfect Qal of *ʾāmar* - he said
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*ṣəbāʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hosts/armies
*kābôd*: noun masculine singular - glory/honor
*šəlāḥanî*: 3rd person masculine singular perfect Qal of *šālaḥ* + 1st person singular suffix - he sent me
*haggôyim*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the nations
*haššōləlîm*: definite article + participle masculine plural Qal of *šālal* - the ones plundering
*ʾetḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*hannōgēaʿ*: definite article + participle masculine singular Qal of *nāgaʿ* - the one touching
*nōgēaʿ*: participle masculine singular Qal of *nāgaʿ* - touching
*bābat*: noun feminine singular construct - pupil of
*ʿênô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eye

Word Meanings

*ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/multitudes
*haššōləlîm*: the ones plundering/spoiling/despoiling
*bābat*: pupil/apple of the eye

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Zech 1:17 : 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Jer 51:19 : 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ps 82:8 : 8 Arise{H8798)}, O God, judge{H8798)} the earth: for thou shalt inherit{H8799)} all nations.
Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Isa 41:9 : 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Zech 1:16-17
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16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Ps 132:13
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13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
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10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
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1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
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3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
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4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
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5And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
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Jer 3:17-18
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17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
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14Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
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Ps 69:35
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1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
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Deut 32:9
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9For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Ps 47:4
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3For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
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2 Kgs 23:27
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Isa 34:17
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17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
2 Kgs 19:31
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1 Kgs 11:32
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Zech 14:11
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Isa 49:7
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Isa 52:9
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Deut 14:2
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