Malachi 4:2:12Mal.4.2.W12TABWLC Malachi 3:20
מַרְבֵּֽק׃
marbek
“a stall”
- Transliteration
- mar-BEK
- Extended
- mar-BEEK
- IPA
- /marˈbeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a stall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-BEK
- clause
u-fish-TEM ke-eg-LE mar-BEK
- sentence
ve-za-re-KHA la-KHEM yir-e-EI she-MI SHE-mesh tse-da-KA u-mar-PE bikh-na-FE-ha vi-TSa-tem u-fish-TEM ke-eg-LE mar-BEK
Exegesis
The sequential perfect verbs veyatsetem ufishtem {וִיצָאתֶם וּפִשְׁתֶּם | wî-yā-ṣā-tem û-pîš-tem} “you shall go out and frolic” emphasize vigorous motion, culminating in the simile ke-eglei marbeq {כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק | kə-ʿeg-lê mar-bēq} “like calves from the stall,” symbolizing exuberant liberation.
In context — Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and frolic like calves from the stall.
About this coordinate
Malachi 4:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Malachi 4:2, so the Hebrew word מַרְבֵּֽק׃ (marbek) 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.4.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.4.2.W12.S1) and character.