Zechariah 13:4:12Zech.13.4.W12TAB

שֵׂעָ֖ר

sear

of hair

Transliteration
se-AR
Extended
seh-AAR
IPA
/seːˈʕaːr/

Meaning by language

English
of hair

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Result
שֵׂ + עָ֖ר
se + ar
sear

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-AR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ad-DE-ret se-AR

  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.

Root and etymology

Rootš-ʿ-r

hair

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 13:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 13:4, so the Hebrew word שֵׂעָ֖ר (sear) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.4.W12.S1) and character.