וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת־שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם־נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃
И я отрубил трех пастухов за один месяц; 'Моя душа стала нетерпеливой к ним, и их душа также ненавидела Меня.'
Jerusalem Talmud Sheviit
HALAKHAH: 83In the Venice print, Halakhah 6. The quote from Mishnah 6 is induced by this error in numeration.: “If somebody cuts shoots of vines,” etc. What means ביחילו? Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, if it comes alive, as you say (Zach.11:8): “And their souls were too much for me84This incomprehensible Biblical verse is also quoted in Babli Niddah47a by Rabba bar bar Ḥana for the etymology given here [and in Ma‘serot1:2 (fol. 48d)] by R. Ḥiyya bar Abba. {From the Arabic بخل “to be stingy” one might translate in the Mishnah “If they are barely ripe”.}.”