2 Chronicles 24:20:42 Chr.24.20.W4TAB
אֶת־זְכַרְיָה֙
etzekharya
“Zechariah”
- Transliteration
- et-ze-khar-ya
- Extended
- EET-zeh-khar-YAA
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.zəχarˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zechariah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ze-khar-ya
- clause
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM
- sentence
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} signals Zechariah {זְכַרְיָה֙ | zəḵarjaḥ} and YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhôwāh} as objects.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin–kaf–resh
“to remember”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God : Why are you transgressing the commands of the LORD ? You will not prosper because you have forsaken the LORD, and He will forsake you."
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 24:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זְכַרְיָה֙ (etzekharya) 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 2 Chr.24.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.20.W4.S1) and character.