1 Chronicles 16:5:41 Chr.16.5.W4TAB

זְכַרְיָ֑ה

zekharya

Zechariah

Transliteration
ze-khar-YA
Extended
zeh-khar-YAH
IPA
/zə.xarˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
Zechariah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
זְ + כַרְ + יָ֑ה
ze + khar + ya
zekharya

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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  1. word

    ze-khar-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mish-ne-HU ze-khar-YA

  3. clause

    a-SAF ha-ROSH u-mish-ne-HU ze-khar-YA

  4. sentence

    a-SAF ha-ROSH u-mish-ne-HU ze-khar-YA ye-i-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL u-mat-tit-YA ve-e-li-AV u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-EL bikh-LE ne-va-LIM u-ve-khin-no-ROT ve-a-SAF bam-tsil-ta-YIM mash-mi-A

In context1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief , and his second was Zechariah; Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel played the lyres and the harps, and Asaph sounded the cymbals .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 16:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:5, so the Hebrew word זְכַרְיָ֑ה (zekharya) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.16.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.5.W4.S1) and character.