Zechariah 6:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָעֲטָרֹ֗ת תִּֽהְיֶה֙ לְחֵ֙לֶם֙ וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה וְלִידַֽעְיָ֔ה וּלְחֵ֖ן בֶּן־צְפַנְיָ֑ה לְזִכָּר֖וֹן בְּהֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And the hāʿăṭārōṯ (crowns) shall tihyeh (be) for ḥēlem (Helem) and for ṭôḇiyyāh (Tobijah) and for lîḏaʿyāh (Jedaiah) and for ḥēn ben-ṣəp̱anyāh (Hen son of Zephaniah) for zikkārôn (memorial) in the hêḵal (temple) of YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *hāʿăṭārōṯ*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the crowns
• *tihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - will be
• *ḥēlem*: proper noun - Helem
• *ṭôḇiyyāh*: proper noun - Tobijah
• *lîḏaʿyāh*: proper noun with preposition - for Jedaiah
• *ḥēn*: proper noun - Hen/Grace
• *ben*: masculine singular construct - son of
• *ṣəp̱anyāh*: proper noun - Zephaniah
• *zikkārôn*: masculine singular noun - memorial/remembrance
• *hêḵal*: masculine singular construct - temple of

Word Meanings

• *hāʿăṭārōṯ*: crowns/wreaths/diadems
• *ḥēn*: Hen (proper name)/grace/favor
• *zikkārôn*: memorial/remembrance/reminder

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:14 : 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
• Matt 26:13 : 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
• Mark 14:9 : 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
• Acts 10:4 : 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
• 1 Cor 11:23-26 : 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
• Exod 28:12 : 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
• Exod 28:29 : 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
• Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
• Num 31:54 : 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
• Josh 4:7 : 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• Zech 6:10 : 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;