※"Zion" in the Bible
Zion started as a nickname for Jerusalem: “Look upon Zion…Your eyes will see Jerusalem” (Isaiah 33:20). Later it became a nickname for Israel, for example in Jeremiah 3:14 God says: “I will choose you - one from a town and two from a clan - and bring you to Zion.” Zion is also the Hebrew name of a mount in Jerusalem that was conquered from the Jebusites by King David, where The City of David was located.
「錫安」起初是耶路撒冷的暱稱:
「你要看錫安我們守聖節的城!你的眼必見耶路撒冷為安靜的居所,」
(以賽亞書33:20 20)
後來,「錫安」成為以色列的暱稱,例如在耶利米書3:14中,
14耶和華說:背道的兒女{以色列}啊,回來吧!因為我作你們的丈夫,並且我必將你們從一城取一人,從一族取兩人,帶到錫安。」
「錫安」也是在耶路撒冷山的希伯來名字,就是大衛王從耶布斯人手中征服建立大衛城的地方。
※What is Zion in Hebrew?
The word Zion - ציון (Tziyon) comes from the root צ-י-ן (tz-y-n) in Hebrew. In Modern Hebrew we have a lot of verbs coming from this root. One of them is: “letzayen” which means “to mark” or “to emphasize”. This meaning makes Zion an appropriate name to mark one of the holiest places on earth. Some Jewish traditions even refer to Zion as the spiritual point from which the entire world was created, located in the Holy of Holies of the Temple.
錫安-ציון(Tziyon)一字來自希伯來語צ-י-ן(tz-y-n)字根。在現代希伯來語中,有很多動詞都來自於此字根。其中之一是:“ letzayen”,意思是「標記」或「強調」。這個意思使錫安(Zion)成為標記地球上最神聖的地方之一的合適名稱。某些猶太傳統甚至將錫安(Zion)稱為創造整個世界的精神要點,位於聖殿至聖所中。
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לְהַדְגִּישׁ lehadegish emphasise
לַסִּמּוּן lassimunn:to mark
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לְצַייֵּן Verb – PIEL
Root: צ - י - ן
The final radical of this word can assimilate with the suffix in inflected forms.
Meaning:to note, to point out, to indicate
Infinitive:לְצַיֵּן ~ לציין letzayen:to note
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※Your Hebrew Journey starts in Zion
“For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:3).
3必有許多國的民前往,說:來吧,我們登耶和華的山,奔雅各神的殿。主必將他的道教訓我們;我們也要行他的路。因為訓誨必出於錫安;耶和華的言語必出於耶路撒冷。
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