Zechariah 9:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over 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 beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Isa 11:10-12 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, 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 will set up an ensign for the nations, and will 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 Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
• Isa 60:3 : 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Isa 60:14 : 14 And the sons 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 Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
• Jer 31:11 : 11 For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed 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 sheep and sheep. 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, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely 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 its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• Ezek 34:31 : 31 And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah 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 thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest 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 in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.
• Hag 2:23 : 23 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Zech 8:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they 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 Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.