Isaiah 21:12:4Isa.21.12.W4TAB
בֹ֖קֶר
voker
“morning”
- Transliteration
- VO-ker
- Extended
- VOH-kehr
- IPA
- /ˈvoqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
VO-ker
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA VO-ker
- clause
a-MAR sho-MER a-TA VO-ker ve-gam-LAI-la
- sentence
a-MAR sho-MER a-TA VO-ker ve-gam-LAI-la im-tib-a-YUN be-a-YU shu-VU e-TA-yu
Exegesis
The paired temporal nouns boqer {בֹ֖קֶר | bōqer} ‘morning’ and vegam-lailah {וְגַם־לָ֑יְלָה | wə-gām-laylāh} ‘and also night’ form an antithetical parallel without an overt verb, which English supplies as “is coming.”
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet–qof–resh
“to break forth”
In context — Isaiah 21:12
The watchman said, "Morning is coming, and also night; if you will inquire, inquire; return; come."
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word בֹ֖קֶר (voker) 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 Isa.21.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.12.W4.S1) and character.