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Open,פְּתַחLebanon,לְבָנוֹןyour doors,דְּלָתֶיךָand let fireוְ אֵשׁdevourתֹאכַלyour cedars.בַּאֲרָזֶיךָ
Zechariah 11:1
Study it in the app“Open, Lebanon, your doors, and let fire devour your cedars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:1, word by word
- Openפְּתַחpetach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “petach” appears- Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- your doorsדְּלָתֶיdelate
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delate” appears- and let fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- devourתֹאכַלtochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appears- your cedarsאֲרָזֶיaraze
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “araze” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the nobles have been devastated. Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has come down.