Zechariah 13:5:10Zech.13.5.W10TAB
הִקְנַ֥נִי
hiknani
“acquired me or bought me”
- Transliteration
- hik-na-NI
- Extended
- hihk-nah-NEE
- IPA
- /hiq.naˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- acquired me or bought me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hik-na-NI
- phraseyour reading level
hik-na-NI min-ne-u-RAI
- clause
ISH-o-VED a-da-MA a-NO-khi KI a-DAM hik-na-NI min-ne-u-RAI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR LO na-VI a-no-KHI ISH-o-VED a-da-MA a-NO-khi KI a-DAM hik-na-NI min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause, where adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām} ‘man’ and the Hiphil perfect hiqnani {הִקְנַנִי | hiq-nā-nî} ‘has acquired me’ express possession, and the prepositional phrase minneurai {מִנְּעוּרָי | min-nə-ʿû-rāy} ‘from my youth’ situates the temporal frame.
Root and etymology
ק־נ־ה
“to acquire, possess”
In context — Zechariah 13:5
But he will say, “I am not a prophet ; I am a man working the soil . For a man has acquired me from my youth.”
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 13:5, so the Hebrew word הִקְנַ֥נִי (hiknani) 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.13.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.5.W10.S1) and character.