וְקֹ֨ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְקֹ֨ר

   ve-KOR

   and cold
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם

   ve-KOR va-KHOM

   and cold and heat
3. clause🔊 זֶ֡רַע וְ֠קָצִיר וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם וְקַ֧יִץ וָחֹ֛רֶף וְי֥וֹם וָלַ֖יְלָה לֹ֥א יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃

   ZE-ra ve-ka-TSIR ve-KOR va-KHOM ve-KA-yits va-KHO-ref ve-YOM va-LAI-la LO yish-bo-TU

   seedtime and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night not cease
4. sentence🔊 עֹ֖ד כָּל־יְמֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ זֶ֡רַע וְ֠קָצִיר וְקֹ֨ר וָחֹ֜ם וְקַ֧יִץ וָחֹ֛רֶף וְי֥וֹם וָלַ֖יְלָה לֹ֥א יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃

   OD kol-ye-MEI ha-A-rets ZE-ra ve-ka-TSIR ve-KOR va-KHOM ve-KA-yits va-KHO-ref ve-YOM va-LAI-la LO yish-bo-TU

   as long as all the days of the earth seedtime and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night not cease

Exegesis

A meristic series of four paired nouns—zera and vekatsir {זֶרַע וְקָצִיר | ze-raʿ wə-qā-ṣîr} “seedtime and harvest,” vekor and vachom {וְקֹר וָחֹם | wə-qōr wā-ḥōm} “cold and heat,” vekayits and vachoref {וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף | wə-qa-yîṣ wā-ḥō-rep̄} “summer and winter,” and veyom valaila {וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה | wə-yôm wā-lay-lāh} “day and night”—encapsulates the full agricultural and temporal cycle.