Zechariah 13:1:4Zech.13.1.W4TAB
מָק֣וֹר
makor
“a spring or fountain”
- Transliteration
- ma-KOR
- Extended
- maa-KOHR
- IPA
- /maːˈqoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a spring or fountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
ma-KOR nif-TAKH
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-H ma-KOR nif-TAKH le-VET da-VID u-le-yo-sha-VE ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-H ma-KOR nif-TAKH le-VET da-VID u-le-yo-sha-VE ye-ru-sha-LIM le-kha-TAAT u-le-nid-DA
Exegesis
The noun makor {מָק֣וֹר | mā-qôr} ‘spring’ serves as the focal subject, and the Niphal perfect niftach {נִפְתָּ֔ח | nip̄-tāḥ} conveys passive unfolding of the fountain.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–vav–resh
“source, spring”
In context — Zechariah 13:1
On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for impurity .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 13:1, so the Hebrew word מָק֣וֹר (makor) 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 Zech.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.1.W4.S1) and character.