Zechariah 11:2
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
שָׁדַד
they have been devastated
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שָׁדַד
they have been devastated
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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נָפַל
it has fallen
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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בְּרוֹשׁ
O cypress
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בְּרוֹשׁ
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
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יַעַר
the forest
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יַעַר
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
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יָלַל
wail
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יָלַל
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
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בָּשָׁן
Bashan
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בָּשָׁן
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
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