Zechariah 8:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת כִּ֣י יִפָּלֵ֗א בְּעֵינֵי֙ שְׁאֵרִית֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם גַּם־בְּעֵינַי֙ יִפָּלֵ֔א נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פ

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt, because yippālēʾ in-ʿênê šəʾērît hāʿām hazzeh in-hayyāmîm hāhēm also in-ʿênay yippālēʾ nəʾum YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt.

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
*yippālēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it will be marvelous/difficult
*ʿênê*: dual noun construct with preposition bet - in eyes of
*šəʾērît*: feminine singular noun construct - remnant of
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective - this
*hayyāmîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun, with preposition bet - in the days
*hāhēm*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, masculine plural - those
*ʿênay*: dual noun construct with 1st singular suffix, with preposition bet - in my eyes
*nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of

Word Meanings

*yippālēʾ*: will be marvelous/difficult/wonderful/impossible
*šəʾērît*: remnant/remainder/residue/survivors

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Referenced Verses

Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Jer 32:27 : 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Gen 18:14 : 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Ps 118:23 : 23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Ps 126:1-3 : 1 A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Num 11:22-23 : 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Luke 1:20 : 20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luke 1:37 : 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 18:27 : 27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Rom 4:20-21 : 20 {G1161} He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Rom 6:19-21 : 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

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