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Zechariah 10:9

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

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וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙veezraemand bearזָרַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bear”, an unfinished actionH2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructifybear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.בָּֽעַמִּ֔יםbaamimin peopleעַםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖יםuvamerchaqimand in far . See also H1023מֶרְחָקconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in far . See also H1023”, the ordinary formH4801remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar(a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).יִזְכְּר֑וּנִיyizkerunibe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “be male”, an unfinished actionH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.וְחָי֥וּvechayvand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and live”, a completed actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.בְּנֵיהֶ֖םbeneyhemsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וָשָֽׁבוּvashavvand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember Me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

World English Bible

I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.

Darby Translation

And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.

Douay-Rheims

And I will sow them among peoples: and from afar they shall remember me: and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember Me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ σπερῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν λαοῖς, καὶ οἱ μακρὰν μνησθήσονταί μου, ἐκθρέψουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπιστρέψουσι.