Zechariah 8:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת קִנֵּ֥אתִי לְצִיּ֖וֹן קִנְאָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וְחֵמָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה קִנֵּ֥אתִי לָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt, qinnēʾtî for-Ṣîyyôn qinʾâ gəḏôlâ and-ḥēmâ gəḏôlâ qinnēʾtî for-her

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said/says
*YHWH*: proper name - divine name
*ṣəḇāʾôt*: plural noun in construct state - of hosts/armies
*qinnēʾtî*: piel perfect, 1st singular - I am/was jealous/zealous
*Ṣîyyôn*: proper name with preposition lamed - for/to Zion
*qinʾâ*: feminine singular noun - jealousy/zeal
*gəḏôlâ*: adjective, feminine singular - great
*ḥēmâ*: feminine singular noun with waw conjunction - and wrath/anger
*lāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - for her

Word Meanings

*qinnēʾtî*: am jealous/zealous/envious/passionate
*qinʾâ*: jealousy/zeal/passion/ardor
*ḥēmâ*: wrath/anger/fury/rage/heat

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:58-59 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images. 59 When God heard{H8804)} this, he was wroth{H8691)}, and greatly abhorred{H8799)} Israel:
Isa 42:13-14 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Isa 59:17 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isa 63:4-6 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Ezek 36:5-6 : 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Joel 2:18 : 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Nah 1:2 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Nah 1:6 : 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.
Zech 1:14-16 : 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore 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.

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