Zechariah 11:12 in Hebrew and English, word by word

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And I saidוָאֹמַרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Ifאִםit is goodטוֹבin your eyes,בְּעֵינֵיכֶםgive meהָבוּmy wages;שְׂכָרִיand ifוְאִםnot,לֹאleave it.”חֲדָלוּAnd they weighed outוַיִּשְׁקְלוּmy wages:שְׂכָרִיthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםpieces of silver.כָּסֶף

Allusion · Matthew 26:15

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Both texts speak of thirty pieces of silver as a price.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshimH7970τριάκονταtriakontaG5144“thirty”
כָּסֶףkasefH3701ἀργύριαargyriaG694“silver, money”

Quotation · Matthew 27:9-10

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Matthew attributes the quotation to Jeremiah, but the thirty pieces of silver thrown to the potter come from Zechariah 11:12-13.

Formula: τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἰερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος “then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet” (Matthew 27:9)

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Greek of the New Testament: τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἰερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος Καὶ ἔλαβον τὰ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ τετιμημένου ὃν ἐτιμήσαντο ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν τοῦ κεραμέως καθὰ συνέταξέν μοι κύριος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וָאֹמַר אֲלֵיהֶם אִם טוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם הָבוּ שְׂכָרִי וְאִם לֹא חֲדָלוּ וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶת שְׂכָרִי שְׁלֹשִׁים כָּסֶף וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אֶל הַיּוֹצֵר אֶדֶר הַיְקָר אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וָאֶקְחָה שְׁלֹשִׁים הַכֶּסֶף וָאַשְׁלִיךְ אֹתוֹ בֵּית יְהוָה אֶל הַיּוֹצֵר

Septuagint (Zechariah 11:13-14 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Κάθες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον, καὶ σκέψομαι εἰ δόκιμόν ἐστιν, ὃν τρόπου ἐδοκιμάσθη ὑπέρ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς καὶ ἐνέβαλον αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου εἰς τὸ χαονευτήριον. καὶ ἀπέρριψα τὴν όάβδον τὴν δευτέραν, τὸ σχοίνισμα, τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν κατάσχεσιν ἀνὰ μέσου Ἰούδα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰσραήλ.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Zechariah 11:12, word by word

And I saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omar” appears

it is goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears

in your eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears

give meהָבוּhavu

give

To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.

Where else “havu” appears

my wagesשְׂכָרִsechari

wages

What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.

Where else “sechari” appears

leave itחֲדָלוּchadalu

cease, stop

Stop doing something, cease; leave off.

Where else “chadalu” appears

And they weighed outיִּשְׁקְלוּyishklu

weigh

Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.

Where else “yishklu” appears

thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim

thirty

Thirty; also "thirtieth".

Where else “sheloshim” appears

pieces of silverכָּסֶףkasef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

Where else “kasef” appears

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 27:9-10

Matthew attributes the quotation to Jeremiah, but the thirty pieces of silver thrown to the potter come from Zechariah 11:12-13.

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Zechariah 11:12

¹²And I said to them, “If it is good in your eyes, give me my wages; and if not, leave it.” And they weighed out my wages: thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 27:9-10

⁹Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, when he says, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set, whom they priced from the sons of Israel,

The context

11And it was broken on that day; and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of YHWH.

12 · This verse (above)

13And YHWH said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of YHWH, to the potter.

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