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And one will sayוְאָמַרto him,אֵלָיו‘Whatמָהare theseהָאֵלֶּהblowsהַמַּכּוֹתbetweenבֵּיןyour hands?’יָדֶיךָAnd he will say,וְאָמַר‘Those with whichאֲשֶׁרI was struckהֻכֵּיתִיin the houseבֵּיתof my lovers.’מְאַהֲבָי
Zechariah 13:6
Study it in the app“And one will say to him, ‘What are these blows between your hands?’ And he will say, ‘Those with which I was struck in the house of my lovers.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 13:6, word by word
- And one will sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- blowsמַּכּוֹתmakot
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “makot” appears- your hands?’יָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- I was struckהֻכֵּיתִיhuketi
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “huketi” appears- in the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of my lovers.’מְאַהֲבָmeahava
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahava” appears
Translation note
“Between your hands”: it can be understood as on the chest or on the arms; the prophets of Baal cut themselves (1 Kings 18:28). “My lovers” is the same word as in Hosea 2:5: “I will go after my lovers.”
The context
5And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a man who works the ground, for a man acquired me from my youth.’
6 · This verse (above)
7Sword, awake against my shepherd, and against the man who is my neighbor, declares YHWH Tsevaot. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.