Zechariah 9:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽהוֹשִׁיעָ֞ם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּצֹ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ כִּ֚י אַבְנֵי־נֵ֔זֶר מִֽתְנוֹסְס֖וֹת עַל־אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-hôšîʿām YHWH ʾĕlōhêhem in-the-yôm the-hûʾ like-ṣōʾn ʿammô for ʾaḇnê-nēzer miṯnôsəsôṯ upon-ʾaḏmāṯô.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *hôšîʿām*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - will save them
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêhem*: noun, masculine, plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their God
• *ba*: preposition + definite article - in the
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - day
• *ha*: definite article - the
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - that
• *kə*: preposition - like/as
• *ṣōʾn*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - flock of
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾaḇnê*: noun, feminine, plural, construct - stones of
• *nēzer*: noun, masculine, singular - crown/diadem
• *miṯnôsəsôṯ*: verb, hithpolel participle, feminine plural - lifting themselves up/gleaming
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon
• *ʾaḏmāṯô*: noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his land

Word Meanings

• *hôšîʿām*: will save them/will deliver them/will rescue them
• *yôm* *ha*-*hûʾ*: that day/on that day
• *ṣōʾn* *ʿammô*: flock of his people/his people like a flock
• *ʾaḇnê*-*nēzer*: stones of crown/jewels of crown/crown stones
• *miṯnôsəsôṯ*: lifting themselves up/gleaming/sparkling/raised as a banner
• *ʾaḏmāṯô*: his land/his soil/his territory

Referenced Verses

• Isa 62:3 : 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Isa 11:10-12 : 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
• Isa 40:10 : 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Isa 60:3 : 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Isa 60:14 : 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
• Jer 31:11 : 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
• Ezek 34:22-26 : 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• Ezek 34:31 : 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
• Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Zeph 3:20 : 20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
• Hag 2:23 : 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Zech 8:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.