Zechariah 8:14

כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹות֒ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַמְ֜תִּי לְהָרַ֣ע לָכֶ֗ם בְּהַקְצִ֤יף אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ אֹתִ֔י אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֑ות וְלֹ֖א נִחָֽמְתִּי׃

For thus said YHWH of Hosts: ‘Just as I purposed to do evil to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath,’ said YHWH of Hosts, ‘and I did not relent.

Morphology

1. כִּי (ki) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces the grounds for the declaration.
2. כֹּה (koh) – Root: —; Form: Adverb; Translation: “thus”; Notes: Deictic marker introducing a prophetic formula.
3. אָמַר (ʾamar) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “said”; Notes: Introduces direct divine speech.
4. יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (havah); Form: Proper name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Covenant name of the God of Yisraʾel.
5. צְבָאֹות (tsevaʾot) – Root: צבא (tsavaʾ); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “of hosts”; Notes: Emphasizes divine sovereignty.
6. כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka-ʾasher) – Root: אשר (ʾasher); Form: Preposition כְּ + relative particle; Translation: “just as”; Notes: Introduces a comparison with a past action.
7. זָמַמְתִּי (zamamti) – Root: זמם (zamam); Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “I purposed”; Notes: Deliberate intention, not impulsive action.
8. לְהָרַע (le-haraʿ) – Root: רעע (raʿaʿ); Form: Preposition לְ + Hifil infinitive construct; Translation: “to do evil”; Notes: Refers to disciplinary judgment.
9. לָכֶם (lakhem) – Root: —; Form: Preposition לְ + suffix 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “to you”; Notes: Object of the intended action.
10. בְּהַקְצִיף (be-haqtsif) – Root: קצף (qatsaf); Form: Preposition בְּ + Hifil infinitive construct with definite article; Translation: “when provoking to wrath”; Notes: Temporal circumstance expressing cause.
11. אֲבֹתֵיכֶם (ʾavoteikhem) – Root: אב (ʾav); Form: Noun masculine plural construct + suffix 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “your fathers”; Notes: Previous generations responsible for the provocation.
12. אֹתִי (ʾoti) – Root: —; Form: Direct object marker אֵת + suffix 1st person common singular; Translation: “me”; Notes: YHWH as the offended party.
13. אָמַר (ʾamar) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “said”; Notes: Repetition reinforces the authority of the oracle.
14. יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (havah); Form: Proper name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Reasserts the divine speaker.
15. צְבָאֹות (tsevaʾot) – Root: צבא (tsavaʾ); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “of hosts”; Notes: Liturgical reinforcement of authority.
16. וְלֹא (ve-lo) – Root: —; Form: Conjunction וְ + negative particle; Translation: “and not”; Notes: Introduces the negative result.
17. נִחָמְתִּי (niḥamti) – Root: נחם (naḥam); Form: Nifal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “I relented”; Notes: Denies reversal of the earlier decree.