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204 Structure and the Book ofZechariah
ntfR also occurs, in the plural, five times in ch. 12. We may
ignore this.
I'D. See above.
rmK, 13.4, does not seem to be connected with TJK in 11.13.
mrr and btofir are linked in 11.14, but not in ch. 12, where m.T
occurs six times, and ^toto' only in 12.1.
"iw. It is likely that this is the wrong reading in 11.16; 1 even if it is
correct, there is not likely to be a connection with mw in 13.5.
TID represents two different roots: ~nj> (piel), to make blind, used of
the horses in 12.4; and ~ni>, to awake, 13.7. The former does recall the
emphatic use of nm in 11.17. However, it is impossible to
demonstrate a connection between them.
The result of this subsidiary investigation is almost entirely
negative. The only plausible verbal connection seems to be via the
word 'eye' and the idea of blindness as a punishment.
The table of repeated words for this section is given in figure 13.
General structure of the passages
There is little dispute about the overall structure of these sections. It
may be set out as follows:
11.4-17 The prophet as shepherd: part 1
11.4-6 Yahweh commanded me to shepherd the flock of slaughter
(v. 6 already contains a theological interpretation)
11.7-14 I did so. (An account of what happened)
7 I shepherded the flock of slaughter (. .. ?. ..)
and took two staffs
8 I destroyed three shepherds but became impatient with the sheep
and they detested me
9 And I said I will not shepherd. .. let it die
10 And I broke the first staff. ..
11 ?? (Something connected with v. 7)
12 And I said Give me my wages. .. They weighed out thirty
pieces of silver
13 Yahweh said Throw it to the ?potter?. .. and I threw
it in the house of Yahweh to the ?potter?
14 And I broke the second staff. ..
1. Rudolph, Haggai, p. 203.