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Zechariah 11

Zac. 11:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
shepherds
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
also I cut off
kachad (Hebrew #3582)
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
KJV usage: conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
Pronounce: kaw-khad'
Origin: a primitive root
in one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
month
yerach (Hebrew #3391)
a lunation, i.e. month
KJV usage: month, moon.
Pronounce: yeh'-rakh
Origin: from a unused root of uncertain signification
m; and my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
πlothed
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and their soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
also abhorred
bachal (Hebrew #973)
to loath
KJV usage: abhor, get hastily (from the margin for 926).
Pronounce: baw-khal'
Origin: a primitive root
me.

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and my.
Lv. 26:11,30,44• 11Y pondré mi morada en medio de vosotros, y mi alma no os abominará:
30Y destruiré vuestros altos, y talaré vuestras imágenes, y pondré vuestros cuerpos muertos sobre los cuerpos muertos de vuestros ídolos, y mi alma os abominará:
44Y aun con todo esto, estando ellos en tierra de sus enemigos, yo no los desecharé, ni los abominaré para consumirlos, invalidando mi pacto con ellos: porque yo Jehová soy su Dios:
(Lv. 26:11,30,44)
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Dt. 32:19• 19Y vió lo Jehová, y encendióse en ira, por el menosprecio de sus hijos y de sus hijas. (Dt. 32:19)
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Sal. 5:5• 5No estarán los insensatos delante de tus ojos: Aborreces á todos los que obran iniquidad. (Sal. 5:5)
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Sal. 78:9• 9Los hijos de Ephraim armados, flecheros, Volvieron las espaldas el día de la batalla. (Sal. 78:9)
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Sal. 106:40• 40Encendióse por tanto el furor de Jehová sobre su pueblo, Y abominó su heredad: (Sal. 106:40)
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Jer. 12:8• 8Fué para mí mi heredad como león en breña: contra mí dió su voz; por tanto la aborrecí. (Jer. 12:8)
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Jer. 14:21• 21Por amor de tu nombre no nos deseches, ni trastornes el trono de tu gloria: acuérdate, no invalides tu pacto con nosotros. (Jer. 14:21)
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Os. 9:15• 15Toda la maldad de ellos fué en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión: por la malicia de sus obras echarélos de mi casa; no los amaré más; todos sus príncipes son desleales. (Os. 9:15)
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He. 10:38• 38Ahora el justo vivirá por fe; Mas si se retirare, no agradará á mi alma. (He. 10:38)
lothed them.
Heb. was straitened for them.
 Who these shepherds were that were cut off is not revealed. (There has been endless speculation on the subject; but where God has not drawn back the curtain of concealment, it is impossible for man to penetrate into His secrets.) It is quite probable — nay, it would be consistent with God’s ways in government at that period — that these shepherds may have passed off the scene apparently in a natural way; but here it is revealed that they were cut off by the hand of Jehovah. “And,” He proceeds, “My soul loathed** them, and their soul also abhorred Me,” Who can wonder that the Messiah was weary of the unbelieving nation? (Zechariah 11 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexedi with them, and their soul also loathed me.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "grieved." see Judg. 10.16; Mark 3.5.