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Zechariah 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.”

Zechariah 2:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zechariah 2:815 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֔/וʾēlāw
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רֻ֗ץruṣ
runverbH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
דַּבֵּ֛רdabēr
speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/נַּ֥עַרhanaʿar
the young manparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
הַלָּ֖זhalāz
thisprepH1975
that · this
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
פְּרָזוֹת֙pərāzwōt
open regionsnounH6519
unwalled village
תֵּשֵׁ֣בtēšēb
it will remainverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
מֵ/רֹ֥בmērōb
from the multitude ofpronH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
אָדָ֛םʾādām
personsnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
וּ/בְהֵמָ֖הwbəhēmāh
and livestockconjH929
cattle
בְּ/תוֹכָֽ/הּbətwōkāh
in the midst of itpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Michael van BergNote2mo ago
Anyone Who Touches You Touches the Apple of His Eye
God is saying to Jerusalem: whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye. I will guard you fiercely. That's the image - you're the most precious thing to me, and anyone who harms you is attacking w...
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