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Hebrew Word of the Day

בַּת-צִיּוֹן

Meaning: Daughter of Zion

Translit: bat Tzi•yon

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Today’s word present a rare occasion when God, speaking through prophets, is using a term of endearment regarding Israel. We know from several versus in the Bible that God relates metaphorically to Israel as to a woman (in several cases, also as to His bride):

‘You seem, O daughter of Zion, a handsome and delicate woman’.

Jeremiah Chapter 6:2

The name Zion is a reference to Jerusalem and particularly, to the dwelling place of the Lord. The word ‘bat’ means ‘daughter’.

‘This very day he will halt at Nob; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem’.

Isaiah 10:32

Another example of calling Israel in the nickname ‘daughter of Zion:

‘Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion’.

Isaiah 16:1

The strong commitment of God to Israel is demonstrated in the amazing comparison:

‘But Zion says, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, even they may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me’.

Isaiah 49:14-16

Here’s the promise of salvation to Israel, mentioned as a woman nicknamed bat-Zion:

‘Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his wages before him’.

Isaiah 62:11

Compassion is promised to the daughter of Zion by the prophet Micah:

‘Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor; for now shall you go out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go to Babylon; there shall you be rescued; there the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies’.

Micah 4:10

We end this term of endearment with a call for joy:

‘Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord’.

Zechariah 2:14

Today’s word present a rare occasion when God, speaking through prophets, is using a term of endearment regarding Israel. We know from several versus in the Bible that God relates metaphorically to Israel as to a woman (in several cases, also as to His bride):

‘You seem, O daughter of Zion, a handsome and delicate woman’.

Jeremiah Chapter 6:2

The name Zion is a reference to Jerusalem and particularly, to the dwelling place of the Lord. The word ‘bat’ means ‘daughter’.

‘This very day he will halt at Nob; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem’.

Isaiah 10:32

Another example of calling Israel in the nickname ‘daughter of Zion:

‘Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion’.

Isaiah 16:1

The strong commitment of God to Israel is demonstrated in the amazing comparison:

‘But Zion says, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, even they may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me’.

Isaiah 49:14-16

Here’s the promise of salvation to Israel, mentioned as a woman nicknamed bat-Zion:

‘Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his wages before him’.

Isaiah 62:11

Compassion is promised to the daughter of Zion by the prophet Micah:

‘Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor; for now shall you go out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go to Babylon; there shall you be rescued; there the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies’.

Micah 4:10

We end this term of endearment with a call for joy:

‘Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord’.

Zechariah 2:14