Zechariah 11:2
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
גָּזַל
gâzal
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
יָלַל
yâlal
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
בָּשָׁן
Bâshân
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Study H1265 →יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →בָּשָׁן Bâshân
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Study H1316 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
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