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← Zechariah 9 · ← verse 12 · verse 14 →

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 1

דָרַ֨כְתִּיda.Rakh.tiI will bend

Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to tread

Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 2

יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudah

Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Judah

Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 3

קֶ֚שֶׁתKe.sheta bow

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 4

מִלֵּ֣אתִיmi.Le.tiI will fill

Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to fill

Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 5

אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim

Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ephraim

Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 6

וְעוֹרַרְתִּ֤יve.'o.rar.Tiand I will rouse

Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)

Meaning: to rouse

Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 7

בָנַ֙יִךְ֙va.Na.yikhsons your

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: descendant/people

Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 8

צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonO Zion

Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Zion

Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 9

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 10

בָּנַ֖יִךְba.Na.yikhsons your

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: descendant/people

Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 11

יָוָ֑ןya.VanO Greece

Lemma: יָוָן (ya.van) · Strong's: H3120H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Greece

Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 27:19, Daniel 8:21, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3120H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 12

וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְve.sam.Tikhand I will make you

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)

Meaning: to set: put

Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 13

כְּחֶ֥רֶבke.Che.revlike [the] sword of

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 14

גִּבּֽוֹר\׃gi.Bora warrior

Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: mighty man

Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT Zechariah 9:13 word 15

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For→כִּי H3588A for
I will bend→דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread
Judah→יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah
as My bow→קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow
and fit it→מָלֵא H4390 to fill
with Ephraim→אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim
I will rouse→עוּר H5782 to rouse
your sons→בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
O Zion→צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion
against→עַל H5921A upon
the sons→בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
of Greece→יָוָן H3120H Greece
I will make you→שׂוּם H7760H to set: put
like the sword→חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword
of a mighty man→גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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