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

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

קֹנֵי/הֶ֤ןqōnēyhen

attainverbH7069

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

יַֽהֲרְגֻ/ן֙yahărəgun

destroyverbH2026

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

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּyeʾəšāmw

be(-comeverbH816

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

וּ/מֹכְרֵי/הֶ֣ןwmōkərēyhen

sell (awayconjH4376

at all · -er · self)

יֹאמַ֔רyōʾmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

בָּר֥וּךְbārwkə

blasphemeverbH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/אעְשִׁ֑רwaʾʿəšir

be(-comeconjH6238

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

וְ/רֹ֣עֵי/הֶ֔םwərōʿēyhem

companionconjH7462

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

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחְמ֖וֹלyaḥəmwōl

have compassionverbH2550

pity · spare

עֲלֵי/הֶֽןʿălēyhen

abovepronH5921

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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