King James Version

Zechariah 10:8

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

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אֶשְׁרְקָ֥הeshreqahhissשָׁרַקverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hiss”, an unfinished actionH8319properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)hiss.לָהֶ֛םlahemtoלָהֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toוַאֲקַבְּצֵ֖םvaaqabtsemand assembleקָבַץconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and assemble”, an unfinished actionH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…פְדִיתִ֑יםfeditimransomפָּדָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “ransom”, a completed actionH6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve[idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.וְרָב֖וּveravvand increaseרָבָהconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and increase”, a completed actionH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…כְּמ֥וֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.רָבֽוּravvincreaseרָבָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “increase”, a completed actionH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will hiss for them, and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

Young’s Literal Translation

I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.

World English Bible

I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.

Darby Translation

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.

Douay-Rheims

I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will hiss for them, and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σημανῶ αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἰσδέξομαι αὐτοὺς, διότι λυτρώσομαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ πληθυνθήσονται καθότι ἦσαν πολλοί.