And I said,וָאֹמַר“I will notלֹאshepherdאֶרְעֶהyou;אֶתְכֶםwhat is dying,הַמֵּתָהlet it die;תָמוּתand what is disappearing,וְהַנִּכְחֶדֶתlet it disappear;תִּכָּחֵדand those that are left,וְהַנִּשְׁאָרוֹתlet them devourתֹּאכַלְנָהeachאִשָּׁהthe fleshבְּשַׂרof her companion.”רְעוּתָהּ
Zechariah 11:9
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 11:9, 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- shepherdאֶרְעֶהere
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “ere” appears- what is dyingמֵּתָהmeta
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “meta” appears- and what is disappearingנִּכְחֶדֶתnichchedet
wipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “nichchedet” appears- and those that are leftנִּשְׁאָרוֹתnisharot
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharot” appears- let them devourתֹּאכַלְנָהtochalna
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochalna” appears- eachאִשָּׁהisha
each
Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.
Where else “isha” appears- the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of her companionרְעוּתָreuta
neighbor (woman)
Neighbor, companion (woman); "one another".
Where else “reuta” appears
The context
8And I made disappear the three shepherds in one month; and my soul grew impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.
9 · This verse (above)
10And I took my staff Pleasantness and cut it, to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.