Zechariah 13:3:6Zech.13.3.W6TAB
אֵ֠לָיו
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- E-lav
- Extended
- EE-laav
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
E-lav
- phraseyour reading level
ve-am-RU E-lav
- 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 coordinated declaration veʾamru ʾēlāyw ʾāḇîw wəʾimmō yōl-də-ḏāw {וְאָמְרוּ אֵלָיו אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ יֹלְדָיו | wə-ʾā-mə-rū ʾê-lāyw ʾā-ḇîw wə-ʾim-mō yōl-də-ḏāw} frames a familial adjudication.
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 13:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word אֵ֠לָיו (elav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W6.S1) and character.