What Does Zechariah 7:8 Mean in the King James?
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The “word” that comes is formed from the root “speak,” so what reaches Zechariah is speech in motion, not detached information.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word reaches Zechariah as direct address; message and utterance stay joined. His name, Zekharyah (זְכַרְיָה, “YHWH remembers”), carries remembrance in the name of the person addressed.
THE ROOT
דָּבָר
dāḇār
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
d-b-r
to speak, declare
The noun דָּבָר (dāḇār, “word” or “matter”) grows from ד־ב־ר (d-b-r, “speak”). The English “word” also carries the force of utterance: speech with substance.
ALSO GROWS
dibbēr: he spoke
דִּבֵּר
This verbal form shows the speech held within the noun translated “word.”
devarim: words, matters
דְּבָרִים
The same root can name both spoken words and the matters they carry.
זְכַרְיָה
Zekharyah
GROWS FROM
ז־כ־ר
z-k-r
to remember, call to mind
“Zechariah” in this verse is Zekharyah. Zekharyah (זְכַרְיָה, “YHWH remembers”) joins the root ז־כ־ר (z-k-r, “remember”) to the divine name. The recipient’s name carries remembrance rather than functioning as a bare label.
ALSO GROWS
zāḵar: remember, call to mind
זָכַר
The verb gives the action contained in the name Zechariah.
zikkārôn: remembrance, memorial
זִכָּרוֹן
This branch shows remembrance taking form as something held in mind.
THE PATTERN
God’s word reaches a hearer as direct address and makes its presence known through what it does.
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.THE THREAD
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.Both verses use דָּבָר (dāḇār, “word”), from ד־ב־ר (d-b-r, “speak”). Psalm 33 shows that word as active utterance, the heavens are made by it, so the word arriving to Zechariah carries the force of speech at work.
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