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176 Structure and the Book ofZechariah
2. The most distinctive repeated words occur in two two-word
phrases (which strengthens their power to draw attention to
themselves), and nowhere else in Zechariah. These must be
accounted for.
3. If these phrases are part of the original text then they are the
most likely to be used to link different sections of Zechariah
together, viz. 9.3 with 10.5, and 9.4 with 10.11.
Some further observations may be made. In 10.11 there are several
words which are found in 9.1-8. They are as follows:
Word
number
1 -am 9.8.##4,7
2 D'2 9.4 (see words 4-5 below)
3 mx (+8.10 only)
4-5 D'3 rom 9.4
6 D'^ (cf. n'p.J only 4.2)
7 xtf'avn 9.5 (+10.5; 11.17.##13-14)
8 •?:>
9 niVran (+ 1.8 only. Listed separately as doubtful in BDB)
10 ->K'
11 -mm (+ 11.2 only)
12 JIM 9.6
13 TIB)* (cf. 9.6)
14 0301 9.1 (cf.*)^ 9.7)
15 nrcto (+ 10.10; 14.18, 19)
16 -no' 9.7 (+3.4; 7.11)
There are indications here that the end of ch. 10 is the end of a
major section. Seven of v. 11 's fifteen different words occur in 9.1-8
and both sections deal with Israel's traditional enemies. It is therefore
likely that an inclusio of some sort is intended. In addition we note
that 10.11 is the sort of verse that a redactor might have produced: a
gather-line (though the gathering is not done in strict order). In
addition, there is an inclusio formed by [Dj'maai 10.6, 12, which
directs our attention to mxin D'B[a/3] 9.3 and 10.5. This encloses
nearly the whole of the remainder of 9.1-10.12. Yet another inclusio
now appears likely: