Zechariah 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.”

Zechariah 11:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Zechariah 11:514 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

קֹנֵי/הֶ֤ןqōnēyhen

those who buy themverbH7069

buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···

יַֽהֲרְגֻ/ן֙yahărəgun

they will kill themverbH2026

out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּyeʾəšāmw

they will be held guiltyverbH816

certainly · made) desolate · destroy · greatly ···

וּ/מֹכְרֵי/הֶ֣ןwmōkərēyhen

and those who sell themconjH4376

at all · -er · self)

יֹאמַ֔רyōʾmar

he will sayverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

בָּר֥וּךְbārwkə

be blessedverbH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/אעְשִׁ֑רwaʾʿəšir

so I may gain richesconjH6238

en- · make · make self · wax) rich ···

וְ/רֹ֣עֵי/הֶ֔םwərōʿēyhem

and shepherds theirconjH7462

break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחְמ֖וֹלyaḥəmwōl

he will have compassionverbH2550

pity · spare

עֲלֵי/הֶֽןʿălēyhen

on thempronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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