Zechariah 12 — Rabbi

Zechariah 12:1

מַשָּׂ֥א

massâʼ

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire דְבַר

dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause יְהוָ֖ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God עַל

ʻal

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

Yisrâʼêl

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity נְאֻם

nᵉʼum

an oracle יְהוָ֗ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God נֹטֶ֤ה

nâṭâh

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) שָׁמַ֨יִם֙

shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) וְיֹסֵ֣ד

yâçad

and — to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult אָ֔רֶץ

ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land) וְיֹצֵ֥ר

yâtsar

and — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution) רֽוּחַ

rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) אָדָ֖ם

ʼâdâm

ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ

qereb

in/with/by — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

Zechariah 12:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel. Thus declares the Lord who

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "stretch out" (natah) and "heavens" (shamayim) roots - the same creator-doxology formula Isaiah used to open his own oracle.stretches out the heavens

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "stretch out" (natah) and "heavens" (shamayim) roots - the same creator-doxology formula Isaiah used to open his own oracle. and lays the foundation of the earth

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "stretch out" (natah) and "heavens" (shamayim) roots - the same creator-doxology formula Isaiah used to open his own oracle. and forms the spirit of man within him:

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

Isaiah's own doxology, "the God who created the heavens and stretched them out," sharing the identical natah/shamayim roots.

Zechariah 12:1 · WEB

A revelation, Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

Isaiah 42:5 · WEB

Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel. Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him:”

Zechariah 12:1

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