Malachi 2:3:5Mal.2.3.W5TAB
וְזֵרִ֤יתִי
vezeriti
“and I will scatter”
- Transliteration
- ve-ze-RI-ti
- Extended
- veh-zee-REE-tih
- IPA
- /vəz̪eːˈriː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will scatter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ze-RI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh
- clause
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem
- sentence
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem ve-na-SA et-ke-KHEM e-LAV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wə-zērî-tî {וְזֵרִיתִי | wə-zērî-tî} initiates the result clause describing scattering of pereš {פֶרֶשׁ | pereš} ‘dung.’
In context — Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring , and I will throw dung upon your faces—the dung of your feasts—and you will be carried away with it.
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Malachi 2:3, so the Hebrew word וְזֵרִ֤יתִי (vezeriti) 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 Mal.2.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.3.W5.S1) and character.