Zechariah 11:12 Go deeper
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And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. (KJV)
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וָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.Marand I said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 1
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.Hemto them
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 2
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 3
ט֧וֹבTovit is good
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2895
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: be pleasing
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2895; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 4
בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛םbe.'ei.nei.Khemin view your
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 5
הָב֥וּha.Vugive
Lemma: יָהַב (ya.hav) · Strong's: H3051
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to give
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 29:21, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3051; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 6
שְׂכָרִ֖יse.kha.Riwage[s] my
Lemma: שָׂכָר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7939
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wages
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 30:18, Genesis 30:28, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7939; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 7
וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 8
לֹ֣א\׀lo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 9
חֲדָ֑לוּcha.Da.lurefrain
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 10
וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּvai.yish.ke.Luand they weighed out
Lemma: שָׁקַל (sha.qal) · Strong's: H8254
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to weigh
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 23:16, Exodus 22:17, 2 Samuel 14:26, 2 Samuel 18:12, 1 Kings 20:39, Ezra 8:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8254; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 11
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 12
שְׂכָרִ֖יse.kha.Riwage[s] my
Lemma: שָׂכָר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7939
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wages
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 30:18, Genesis 30:28, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7939; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 13
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.Shimthirty
Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: thirty
Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7970; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 14
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sefsilver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Zechariah 11:12 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then I told | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| them | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| it seems | → | עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance |
| right to you | → | H2896 |
| give me | → | יָהַב H3051 to give |
| my wages | → | שָׂכָר H7939 wages |
| but if | → | אִם H0518A if |
| not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| keep them | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| So they weighed out | → | שָׁקַל H8254 to weigh |
| my wages | → | שָׂכָר H7939 wages |
| thirty | → | שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty |
| [pieces] of silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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