Lamentations 4:7:1Lam.4.7.W1TAB
זַכּ֤וּ
zaku
“were pure”
- Transliteration
- za-KU
- Extended
- zah-KOO
- IPA
- /zaˈkːuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were pure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-KU
- phraseyour reading level
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha
- clause
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV
- sentence
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the perfect-state verb zaku {זַכּ֤וּ | zakû} ‘they were pure’ applied to nezireha {נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ | nə-zî-rê-hā} ‘her Nazirites.’
Root and etymology
ז־כ־ה
“be pure”
In context — Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazirites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their body was more ruddy than jewels, and their appearance was like sapphire.
About this coordinate
Lamentations 4:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Lamentations 4:7, so the Hebrew word זַכּ֤וּ (zaku) 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 Lam.4.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.4.7.W1.S1) and character.