Hosea 13:15:14Hos.13.15.W14TAB

וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב

veyekherav

and it will be parched

Transliteration
ve-ye-khe-RAV
Extended
veh-yeh-kheh-RAV
IPA
/vəjɛħ.ɛ̆ˈrav/

Meaning by language

English
and it will be parched

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Result
וְ + יֶ + חֱ + רַ֣ב
ve + ye + khe + rav
veyekherav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ye-khe-RAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no

  3. clause

    ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

  4. sentence

    KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

Exegesis

Sequential vav-prefixed Qal imperfects veyivash {וְיִבַשׁ | wə-yib·bāš} ‘and it will be dried up’ and veyekherav {וְיֶחֱרַב | wə-ye·ḥerāḇ} ‘and it will be destroyed’ apply to the pronominal constructs mekoro {מְקוֹרוֹ | mə·qôrô} and mayeno {מַעְיְנוֹ | maʿ·yê·nô}, portraying complete desiccation.

In contextHosea 13:15

For though he thrives among his brothers, an east wind—the wind of the LORD —will come up from the wilderness. It will dry up his spring , and his fountain will be parched; it will strip away every precious treasure from his storehouse.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Hosea 13:15, so the Hebrew word וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב (veyekherav) 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 Hos.13.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.15.W14.S1) and character.