Study it in the app“Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in the dust, you nobles of the flock, for your days for slaughter are fulfilled, and for your scatterings, and you will fall like a precious vessel.”
Wail,הֵילִילוּyou shepherds,הָרֹעִיםand cry out,וְזַעֲקוּand roll in the dust,וְהִתְפַּלְּשׁוּyou noblesאַדִּירֵיof the flock,הַצֹּאןforכִּיyour daysיְמֵיכֶםfor slaughterלִטְבוֹחַare fulfilled,מָלְאוּand for your scatterings,וּתְפוֹצוֹתִיכֶםand you will fallוּנְפַלְתֶּםlike a preciousחֶמְדָּהvessel.כִּכְלִי
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaaku” appearsroll in the dust
To roll in the dust or in ashes, as a sign of mourning.
Where else “hitpalshu” appearsnoble
The important men of a people, those of highest rank.
Where else “adire” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearsbutcher
To slaughter people without pity, like cattle.
Where else “tevoach” appearsbe fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “malu” appearsscattering
Scattering, dispersion.
Where else “tefotsoti” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nefaltem” appearsprecious
Something of great value.
Where else “chemda” appearsvessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “cheli” appears33And those slain by YHWH will be on that day from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; they will not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they will be dung on the face of the ground.
34 · This verse (above)
35And flight will perish from the shepherds, and escape from the nobles of the flock.
