1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Zechariah 7:1:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִי֙vayehiand it happened Zechariah 7:1:2 ⧉בִּשְׁנַ֣תbishnatin the year of Zechariah 7:1:3 ⧉אַרְבַּ֔עarbafour Zechariah 7:1:4 ⧉לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁledaryaveshof Darius Zechariah 7:1:5 ⧉הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe king Zechariah 7:1:6 ⧉הָיָ֨הhayathere was Zechariah 7:1:7 ⧉דְבַר־יְהוָ֜הdevaryahwehthe word of the LORD Zechariah 7:1:8 ⧉אֶל־זְכַרְיָ֗הelzekharyato Zechariah Zechariah 7:1:9 ⧉בְּאַרְבָּעָ֛הbearbaaon four Zechariah 7:1:10 ⧉לַחֹ֥דֶשׁlakhodeshof the month Zechariah 7:1:11 ⧉הַתְּשִׁעִ֖יhateshiithe ninth Zechariah 7:1:12 ⧉בְּכִסְלֵֽו׃bekhislevin Chislev |
1. Formal Translation And it happened in the fourth year of Darius the king that the word of the LORD {Yahweh, Message-Giver} came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month in Kislev. |
1. Dynamic Translation In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s {Yahweh, Divine Communicator} message came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, Kislev. |