Day 68 of 75 · Judgment and liberation
Z-K-Y
zakkaya: innocent
זכי · זכותא
ܙܟܝ · ܙܟܘܬܐ
The feel
Z-K-Y means to be in the right, acquitted or innocent, and also to prevail or overcome. The Qala renders the verb overcome and the noun zakhuta victory. The name Zacchaeus is Zakkay, "innocent one," and he is the chief tax collector in Jericho whom Yeshua calls down from a sycamore.
The root family
| Form | Pattern | Translit | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|
| zka | verb (Peal) | zkā | זכיתה ܙܟܝܬܗ (as written: zkiteh) | to overcome, conquer | overcome (John 16:33); overpower (Luke 11:22) |
| zakhuta | noun | zākhutā | זכותא ܙܟܘܬܐ | victory | victory (Matthew 12:20) |
| zakkay | adjective; personal name | zakkay | זכי ܙܟܝ | innocent; Zacchaeus | the name Zacchaeus (Luke 19); the root's sense: pure, innocent, acquitted, meriting |
In the Gospels the verb appears in the Peal, zka, to prevail, overcome or be in the right, as zkiteh, I have overcome it (John 16:33), and nezkeywy, overpowers him (Luke 11:22).
In his voice
John 16:33
I have told you this so that in me you may have wholeness. In the world you will have trouble. But take heart: I have overcome the world."
zkiteh l-ʿalma, "I have overcome it, the world." He says it on the night of his arrest, before any visible victory, in the perfect tense, as something already done.
Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed he won't break, a smoldering wick he won't snuff out, until he brings justice through to victory.
l-zakhuta, "to victory." The noun of Z-K-Y. Justice is brought through to victory, and on the way the bruised reed and the smoldering wick are spared.
Luke 19:5
When Yeshua came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down. Today I must stay at your house."
Zakkay, "innocent one." Yeshua calls the chief tax collector by this name before any repayment is promised, and by the story's end the man lives up to it.
Practice
Pick one struggle you think you are losing. Read John 16:33 aloud, then say zka, overcome, and zakkay, innocent.
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