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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי“Takeקַחfor yourselfלְךָonce moreעוֹדthe equipmentכְּלִיof a foolishאֱוִלִיshepherd.רֹעֶה
Zechariah 11:15
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me, “Take for yourself once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:15, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- the equipmentכְּלִיkeli
utensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “keli” appears- of a foolishאֱוִלִיevili
foolish
Foolish, belonging to a fool who has no sense. It appears only in Zechariah 11:15, in “the equipment of a foolish shepherd.”
Where else “evili” appears- shepherdרֹעֶהroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears
The context
14And I cut my second staff, Bonds, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 · This verse (above)
16For look, I am raising up a shepherd in the land; those that are disappearing he will not attend to, the straying he will not seek, and the broken he will not heal, the one that stands he will not sustain; but the flesh of the fat he will eat, and their hooves he will tear off.