Zechariah
Zechariah 11:1–2
1Open your doors, O Lebanon,
that the fire may consume your cedars!
2Wail, O cypress,a for the cedar has fallen;
the majestic trees are ruined!
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
for the dense forest has been cut down!
Footnotes
- a 11:2 Or pine or juniper or fir
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Zechariah 11:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | פְּתַ֥ח | pə·ṯaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6605 open |
| your doors | דְּלָתֶ֑יךָ | də·lā·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H1817 door |
| O Lebanon | לְבָנ֖וֹן | lə·ḇā·nō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3844 Lebanon |
| that the fire | אֵ֖שׁ | ’êš | Noun - common singular | H784 fire |
| may consume | וְתֹאכַ֥ל | wə·ṯō·ḵal | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H398 eat |
| your cedars | בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃ | ba·’ă·rā·ze·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H730 cedar |
Zechariah 11:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wail | הֵילֵ֤ל | hê·lêl | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H3213 howl, make a howling |
| O cypress | בְּרוֹשׁ֙ | bə·rō·wōš | Noun - masculine singular | H1265 cypress or fir |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the cedar | אֶ֔רֶז | ’e·rez | Noun - masculine singular | H730 cedar |
| has fallen | נָ֣פַל | nā·p̄al | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| the majestic | אַדִּרִ֖ים | ’ad·di·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H117 majestic |
| are ruined | שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ | šud·dā·ḏū | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural | H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin |
| Wail | הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ | hê·lî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H3213 howl, make a howling |
| O oaks | אַלּוֹנֵ֣י | ’al·lō·w·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H437 oak |
| of Bashan | בָשָׁ֔ן | ḇā·šān | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1316 Bashan |
| for | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the dense | הַבָּצוּר׃ | hab·bå̄·ṣūr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1208 vintage |
| forest | יַ֥עַר | ya·‘ar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3293 wood, forest, thicket |
| has been cut down | יָרַ֖ד | yā·raḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zechariah 11:1 Jeremiah 22:23 · Jeremiah 22:6–7 · Luke 21:23–24
Zechariah 11:2 Luke 23:31
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.