Hosea 14:6:4Hos.14.6.W4TABWLC Hosea 14:7
כַּזַּ֖יִת
kazayit
“like the olive tree”
- Transliteration
- ka-za-YIT
- Extended
- kah-zah-YIHT
- IPA
- /kaz.zaˈjit/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the olive tree
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-za-YIT
- phraseyour reading level
vi-hi ka-za-YIT
- clause
yel-khu yon-ke-TAI-v vi-hi ka-za-YIT ho-DO ve-RE-akh LO
- sentence
yel-khu yon-ke-TAI-v vi-hi ka-za-YIT ho-DO ve-RE-akh LO kal-le-va-NON
Exegesis
The second clause begins with vihi {וִיהִי | wîhî} ‘and he will be,’ shifting from what “goes out” (shoots) to what “he is” (the restored one), then stacks two similes marked by kə “like”: khazayit {כַזַּיִת | ka-zāyit} ‘like an olive tree’ modifies hodo {הוֹדוֹ | hōdô} ‘his splendor,’ and kallvanon {כַּלְּבָנוֹן | kalləḇānôn} ‘like Lebanon’ completes the comparison for verēaḥ lô {וְרֵיחַ לוֹ | wərēaḥ lô} ‘and fragrance to him,’ where lô expresses fragrance associated with him (emanating from him). The parallelism (growth → beauty → fragrance) creates a climactic sensory progression, and the English renderings keep the paired “like … like …” structure while smoothing the metaphor of “go” into “spread/extend” to match the figurative context.
Root and etymology
z-y-tzayin–yod–tav
“olive (tree)”
In context — Hosea 14:6
His young shoots will spread outward, and his splendor will be like an olive tree, and his fragrance will be like Lebanon.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 14:6, so the Hebrew word כַּזַּ֖יִת (kazayit) 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.14.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.6.W4.S1) and character.