Zechariah 13:3:2Zech.13.3.W2TAB
כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א
kiyinnave
“that he will prophesy”
- Transliteration
- ki-yin-na-VE
- Extended
- kih-yihn-nah-VEE
- IPA
- /kiː.jin.naːˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he will prophesy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-yin-na-VE
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yin-na-VE ISH
- clause
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
- 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 conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces a temporal/conditional clause culminating in the Niphal imperfect yinnabe {יִנָּבֵא | yin-nā-bēʾ} ‘he prophesies’, where od {עוֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘again’ indicates repetition.
The main clause lōʾ tiḥyeh {לֹא תִּחְיֶה | lōʾ tiḥ-yeh} ‘you shall not live’ delivers the verdict, followed by the causal ki še-qer dibbārtā {כִּי שֶׁקֶר דִּבַּרְתָּ | kî še-qer dĭb-băr-tā} ‘for you have spoken falsehood’, with sheqer {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} bearing the semantic weight of deception.
Root and etymology
Rootn-b-ʾ
“to prophesy, speak by inspiration”
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 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א (kiyinnave) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W2.S1) and character.