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Zechariahchapter 11

17 verses · Zechariah · 520 to 518 BC · The Twelve

Original Language

Zechariah 11— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Zechariah 11. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

The yearly cycle does not read Zechariah 11. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Open your doors, Lebanon — the shepherds howl1

Zechariah 11:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

פְּתַ֥חpetachopenH6605לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonO LebanonH3844דְּלָתֶ֑יךָdelateikhadoors yourH1817וְתֹאכַ֥לvetokhalso it may consumeH398אֵ֖שׁʾeshfireH784בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃baarazeikha<in> cedars yourH730

Rashi on Zechariah 11:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Open your doors, O Lebanon Jonathan renders: O peoples, open your gates.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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