Zechariah 13:5:11Zech.13.5.W11TAB
מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃
minneurai
“from my youth”
- Transliteration
- min-ne-u-RAI
- Extended
- mihn-neh-oo-RAI
- IPA
- /min.nəʕuːˈraːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from my youth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
min-ne-u-RAI
- 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.
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 13:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Zechariah 13:5, so the Hebrew word מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃ (minneurai) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.5.W11.S1) and character.