King James Version

Zechariah 11:1

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

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פְּתַ֥חpetachopenפָּתַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “open”, a commandH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonLebanonלְבָנוֹןnoun, proper name — “Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.דְּלָתֶ֑יךָdelateykhadoorדֶּלֶתnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoordoor (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).וְתֹאכַ֥לvetokhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אֵ֖שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָbaarazeykhain cedarאֶרֶזpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in cedar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Young’s Literal Translation

Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.

World English Bible

Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

Darby Translation

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Douay-Rheims

Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Open thy doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour thy cedars.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διάνοιξον ὁ Λίβανος τὰς θύρας σου, καὶ καταφαγέτω πῦρ τὰς κέδρους σου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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