Zechariah 8:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

"For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־זֶ֣רַע הַשָּׁל֗וֹם הַגֶּ֜פֶן תִּתֵּ֤ן פִּרְיָהּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תִּתֵּ֣ן אֶת־יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִתְּנ֣וּ טַלָּ֑ם וְהִנְחַלְתִּ֗י אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֛ית הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה אֶת־כָּל־אֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

For-zeraʿ haššālôm haggepen tittēn piryāh and-hāʾāreṣ tittēn yəḇûlāh and-haššāmayim yittənû ṭallām and-hinḥaltî šəʾērît hāʿām hazzeh all-these.

Grammar Details

• *zeraʿ*: masculine singular construct - seed of
• *haššālôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the peace
• *haggepen*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the vine
• *tittēn*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she will give
• *piryāh*: masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her fruit
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun with waw conjunction - and the land/earth
• *yəḇûlāh*: masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her produce
• *haššāmayim*: definite article + masculine plural noun with waw conjunction - and the heavens
• *yittənû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will give
• *ṭallām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their dew
• *hinḥaltî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular with waw conjunction - and I will cause to inherit
• *šəʾērît*: feminine singular construct - remnant of
• *hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective - this

Word Meanings

• *zeraʿ*: seed/sowing/offspring
• *haššālôm*: the peace/prosperity/well-being
• *yəḇûlāh*: her produce/yield/fruit
• *hinḥaltî*: I will cause to inherit/possess/give as inheritance

Referenced Verses

• Gen 27:28 : 28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
• Lev 26:4-5 : 4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
• Deut 33:13 : 13 Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,
• Ezek 36:30 : 30 I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
• Isa 30:23 : 23 He will give the rain for your seed, with which you shall sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures;
• Isa 61:7 : 7 Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.
• Ezek 34:26-27 : 26 I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
• Deut 28:4-9 : 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways. 8 Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. 9 Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways. 10 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you. 11 Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you. 12 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
• Ps 67:6-7 : 6 The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us. 7 God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.
• Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, And send down his roots like Lebanon.
• Joel 2:22 : 22 Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; For the pastures of the wilderness spring up, For the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
• Amos 9:13-15 : 13 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "That the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the one treading grapes him who sows seed; And sweet wine will drip from the mountains, And flow from the hills. 14 I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, And eat the fruit of them. 15 I will plant them on their land, And they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says Yahweh your God.
• Hag 1:10 : 10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
• Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth. From this day will I bless you.'"
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
• Gen 26:12 : 12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
• 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
• Jas 3:18 : 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
• Zech 8:6 : 6 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Hosts.
• Obad 1:17-20 : 17 But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, Yahweh has spoken. 19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20 The captives of this host of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
• Mic 4:6-7 : 6 "In that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame, And I will gather that which is driven away, And that which I have afflicted; 7 And I will make that which was lame a remnant, And that which was cast far off a strong nation: And Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever.
• Ps 72:3 : 3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall condense as the dew, As the small rain on the tender grass, As the showers on the herb.
• Ezek 36:12 : 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.
• Hos 2:21-23 : 21 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth; 22 And the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; And they will respond to Jezreel. 23 I will sow her to me in the earth; And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' And they will say, 'My God!'"
• Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.