Zechariah 13:8:4Zech.13.8.W4TAB
פִּֽי־שְׁנַ֣יִם
pishenayim
“a mouth of two or two parts”
- Transliteration
- PI-she-NA-yim
- Extended
- PEE-sheh-NAH-yihm
- IPA
- /piː.ʃəˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- a mouth of two or two parts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
PI-she-NA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
PI-she-NA-yim BAH
- clause
ve-ha-YA be-KHOL-ha-A-rets ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH PI-she-NA-yim BAH yi-ka-re-TU yig-va-U
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-KHOL-ha-A-rets ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH PI-she-NA-yim BAH yi-ka-re-TU yig-va-U ve-hash-she-li-SHIT yi-va-TER BAH
Exegesis
The idiom pi-shenayim {פִּֽי־שְׁנַ֣יִם | pî-šə-ná-yim} ‘portion of two’ conveys the two-thirds distribution, while the parallel verbs yikkaretu {יִכָּרְת֖וּ | yik-kā-rə-ṭū} ‘they shall be cut off’ and yigvau {יִגְוָ֑עוּ | yig-vā-ʿū} ‘they shall die’ emphasize removal and death.
Root and etymology
rootsp-h
“mouth, part”
In context — Zechariah 13:8
And it shall come to pass in all the land, declares the LORD , that two parts in it shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall remain in it.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 13:8, so the Hebrew word פִּֽי־שְׁנַ֣יִם (pishenayim) 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.13.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.8.W4.S1) and character.