Leviticus 26:39:3Lev.26.39.W3TAB
יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙
yimmakoo
“will rot away”
- Transliteration
- yim-MA-koo
- Extended
- yim-MAA-koo
- IPA
- /jimˈmaːquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rot away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yim-MA-koo
- clause
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM
- sentence
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM veh-AF ba-a-vo-NOHT a-vo-TAAM it-TAAM yim-MAA-koo
Exegesis
The locative preposition bakhem {בָּכֶם | ba-ḵem} ‘among you’ situates the survivors, followed by the imperfect verb yimmaku {יִמַּקּוּ | yim-ma-qû} ‘shall waste away’, indicating ongoing decay.
The additive conjunction veaf {וְאַף | və-’af} ‘and also’ introduces a parallel clause intensified by the construct chain baavonot avotam {בַּעֲוֺנֹת אֲבֹתָם | ba-ʿă-wo-nōṯ ’a-vo-tām} ‘in the iniquities of their fathers’, and the final imperfect yimmaku {יִמָּקוּ | yim-mā-qû} ‘shall waste away’ mirrors the opening verb, forming a chiastic parallelism that underscores inevitable judgment.
In context — Leviticus 26:39
And those who remain among you will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will waste away with them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 26:39, so the Hebrew word יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙ (yimmakoo) 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 Lev.26.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.39.W3.S1) and character.