Zechariah 13:7:10Zech.13.7.W10TAB
אֶת־הָֽרֹעֶה֙
etharoe
“the shepherd”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-RO-e
- Extended
- eht-hah-ROH-eh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.roːˈʕɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the shepherd
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-RO-e
- phraseyour reading level
HAKH et-ha-RO-e
- clause
HAKH et-ha-RO-e u-te-fu-TSE-na ha-TSON va-ha-shi-VO-ti ya-DI al-ha-tso-a-RIM
- sentence
KHE-rev U-RI al-RO-i ve-al-GE-ver a-mi-TI ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT HAKH et-ha-RO-e u-te-fu-TSE-na ha-TSON va-ha-shi-VO-ti ya-DI al-ha-tso-a-RIM
Exegesis
The Hifil imperative hak ’et-ha-rō‘eh {הַךְ אֶת־הָרֹעֶה | ḥak ʾet-hā-rō-ʿeh} orders the striking of the shepherd, and the Pual imperfect u-tefutsena ha-tzon {וּתְפוּצֶיןָ הַצֹּאן | û-tə-fū-ṣē-nā ha-ṣōn} depicts the resultant scattering, showing cause and effect.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-h
“to shepherd”
In context — Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion , declares the LORD of hosts ; strike the shepherd, and the flock will be scattered. I will turn My hand against the little ones.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 13:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָֽרֹעֶה֙ (etharoe) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Zech.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.7.W10.S1) and character.