Zechariah 1:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
הָיָה
it came
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עָשָׂר
ten
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עָשָׂר
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
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זְכַרְיָה
Zechariah
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זְכַרְיָה
Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
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עִדּוֹ
Iddo
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עִדּוֹ
Iddo (or Iddi), the name of five Israelites
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חֹדֶשׁ
month
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חֹדֶשׁ
the new moon; by implication, a month
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בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekiah
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בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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שְׁבָט
Shebat
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שְׁבָט
Shebat, a Jewish month
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