Zechariah 9:13
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Berean Study Bible
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I will bend
דָרַ֨כְתִּי (ḏā·raḵ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

Judah
יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

as My bow
קֶ֚שֶׁת (qe·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

and fit it
מִלֵּ֣אתִי (mil·lê·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

with Ephraim.
אֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

I will rouse
וְעוֹרַרְתִּ֤י (wə·‘ō·w·rar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

your sons,
בָנַ֙יִךְ֙ (ḇā·na·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

O Zion,
צִיּ֔וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the sons
בָּנַ֖יִךְ (bā·na·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

of Greece.
יָוָ֑ן (yā·wān)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3120: Javan -- a son of Japheth, also his descendants and their land

I will make you
וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְ (wə·śam·tîḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

like the sword
כְּחֶ֥רֶב (kə·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

of a mighty man.
גִּבּֽוֹר׃ (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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