Malachi 3:12:1Mal.3.12.W1TAB
וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ
veishshuru
“and they will call blessed”
- Transliteration
- ve-ish-SHU-ru
- Extended
- veh-ihsh-SHOO-roo
- IPA
- /vəʔiʃˈʃuː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will call blessed
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ish-SHU-ru
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ish-SHU-ru et-KHEM
- clause
ve-ish-SHU-ru et-KHEM KOL-ha-go-YIM
- sentence
ve-ish-SHU-ru et-KHEM KOL-ha-go-YIM KI-ti-he-YU a-TEM E-rets KHE-fets a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The clause begins with the vav-consecutive in veishru {וְאִשְּׁרוּ | və-’iš-šə-rû} “they will call blessed,” establishing the main declaration.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–resh
“declare blessed”
In context — Malachi 3:12
All the nations will speak of you as blessed, for you will be a land that brings delight , declares the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Malachi 3:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Malachi 3:12, so the Hebrew word וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ (veishshuru) 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.3.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.3.12.W1.S1) and character.