Zechariah 13:3:17Zech.13.3.W17TAB
וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ
udekaruhu
“and they will pierce him”
- Transliteration
- u-de-ka-RU-hu
- Extended
- oo-deh-kaa-ROO-hoo
- IPA
- /uːdəqaːˈruːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will pierce him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-de-ka-RU-hu
- clause
u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO
Exegesis
The apodosis uses ûdəqā-rūhū ʾāḇîhū wəʾimmō yōl-də-ḏāw bəhin-nā-ḇəʾō {וּדְקָרֻהוּ אָבִיהוּ וְאִמּוֹ יֹלְדָיו בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ | û-də-qā-rū-hū ʾā-ḇî-hū wə-ʾim-mō yōl-də-ḏāw bə-hin-nā-ḇə-ʾō} ‘and his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him while he prophesies’, employing a Qal perfect for decisive action and a Niphal infinitive construct for concurrent action, highlighting the reversal of filial loyalty in response to prophetic falsehood.
Root and etymology
Rootd-q-r
“to pierce, stab”
In context — Zechariah 13:3
And it will come to pass, when anyone again prophesies, that his father and his mother who bore him shall say to him, “You shall not live, for you have spoken falsehood in the name of the LORD .” And his father and his mother who bore him shall pierce him through as he prophesies.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ (udekaruhu) 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.13.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W17.S1) and character.