whose buyersאֲשֶׁר קֹנֵיהֶןkill themיַהֲרְגֻןand are notוְלֹאheld guilty;יֶאְשָׁמוּand their sellersוּמֹכְרֵיהֶןsay,יֹאמַר‘Blessed beבָּרוּךְYHWH,יְהוָהand I have become rich’;וַאעְשִׁרand their shepherdsוְרֹעֵיהֶםdo notלֹאhave compassionיַחְמוֹלon them.עֲלֵיהֶן
Zechariah 11:5
Study it in the app“whose 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:5, word by word
- whose buyersקֹנֵיkone
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kone” appears- kill themיַהֲרְגֻyahargu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yahargu” appears- held guiltyיֶאְשָׁמוּyeshamu
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “yeshamu” appears- and their sellersמֹכְרֵיmochre
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mochre” appears- sayיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- ‘Blessed beבָּרוּךְbaruch
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “baruch” 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- and I have become rich’אעְשִׁרshir
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “shir” appears- and their shepherdsרֹעֵיroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears- have compassionיַחְמוֹלyachmol
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “yachmol” appears
The context
4Thus says YHWH my Elohim: “Shepherd the sheep of slaughter,
5 · This verse (above)
6For I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land, declares YHWH; and look, I am handing over human beings, each into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”