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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim:אֱלֹהָי“Shepherdרְעֵהthe sheepצֹאןof slaughter,הַהֲרֵגָה
Zechariah 11:4
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH my Elohim: “Shepherd the sheep of slaughter,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:4, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- “Shepherdרְעֵהree
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “ree” appears- the sheepצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- of slaughterהֲרֵגָהharega
slaughter
Slaughter, a great killing.
Where else “harega” appears
The context
3The sound of the wailing of the shepherds, for their splendor has been devastated; the sound of the roaring of young lions, for the thicket of the Jordan has been devastated.
4 · This verse (above)
5whose buyers kill them and are not held guilty; and their sellers say, ‘Blessed be YHWH, and I have become rich’; and their shepherds do not have compassion on them.