Zechariah 9:12 Go deeper
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Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (KJV)
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שׁ֚וּבוּShu.vureturn
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 1
לְבִצָּר֔וֹןle.vi.tza.Ronto [the] stronghold
Lemma: בִּצָּרוֹן (bits.tsa.ron) · Strong's: H1225
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: stronghold
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1225; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 2
אֲסִירֵ֖י'a.si.ReiO prisoners of
Lemma: אָסִיר (a.sir) · Strong's: H0615
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: prisoner
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 39:22, Job 3:18, Psalms 68:6, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 102:20, Psalms 107:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0615; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 3
הַתִּקְוָ֑הha.tik.Vah<the> hope
גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 5
הַיּ֕וֹםhai.Yomthis day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 6
מַגִּ֥ידma.Gid[I am] declaring
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to tell
Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 7
מִשְׁנֶ֖הmish.Nehdouble
Lemma: מִשְׁנֶה (mish.neh) · Strong's: H4932H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: second
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 41:43, Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:15, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 16:22, Deuteronomy 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4932H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 8
אָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivI will restore
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to return: rescue
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 37:22, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, Genesis 41:13, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Return | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to your stronghold | → | בִּצָּרוֹן H1225 stronghold |
| O prisoners | → | אָסִיר H0615 prisoner |
| of hope | → | תִּקְוָה H8615B hope |
| even | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| today | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| I declare | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| that I will restore | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to you | → | |
| double | → | מִשְׁנֶה H4932H second |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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