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And I made disappearוָאַכְחִדthe threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתshepherdsהָרֹעִיםin oneבְּ אֶחָדmonth;יֶרַחand my soulוַ נַפְשִׁיgrew impatientתִּקְצַרwith them,בָּהֶםand their soulוְ נַפְשָׁםalsoגַםloathedבָּחֲלָהme.בִי
Zechariah 11:8
Study it in the app“And I made disappear the three shepherds in one month; and my soul grew impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:8, word by word
- And I made disappearאַכְחִדachchid
wipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “achchid” appears- the threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- shepherdsרֹעִיםroim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appears- in oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- monthיֶרַחyerach
month
Each of the twelve parts of the year, from new moon to new moon.
Where else “yerach” appears- and my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- grew impatientתִּקְצַרtiktsar
run short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “tiktsar” appears- loathedבָּחֲלָהbachala
loathe
To loathe, to feel aversion for someone. In Zechariah 11:8, the flock that loathed its shepherd.
Where else “bachala” appears
The context
7So I shepherded the sheep of slaughter, therefore, the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the sheep.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I said, “I will not shepherd you; what is dying, let it die; and what is disappearing, let it disappear; and those that are left, let them devour each the flesh of her companion.”