Zechariah 13:4:10Zech.13.4.W10TAB

יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ

yilbeshu

they will put on or they will wear

Transliteration
yil-be-SHU
Extended
yihl-beh-SHOO
IPA
/jilbəˈʃuː/

Meaning by language

English
they will put on or they will wear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִלְ + בְּ + שׁ֛וּ
yil + be + shu
yilbeshu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    yil-be-SHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO yil-be-SHU

  3. clause

    ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-VO-shu han-ne-vi-IM ISH me-khez-YO-no be-hin-na-ve-O-to ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

Exegesis

The negative velo yilbeshu {וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ | wə-lō yilbəšû} ‘and not they will wear’ marks the prohibition of adderet sear {אַדֶּרֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר | adderet se·ʿar} ‘cloak of hair’, with lemaan kachesh {לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ | le·maʿan ka·ḥēš} ‘in order to deception’ denoting the illicit motive.

In contextZechariah 13:4

And it shall come to pass on that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of their vision when they prophesy, and they will not wear a cloak of hair for deception.

About this coordinate

Zechariah 13:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 13:4, so the Hebrew word יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ (yilbeshu) 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.13.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.4.W10.S1) and character.