Zechariah 13:8:7Zech.13.8.W7TAB
יִגְוָ֑עוּ
yigvau
“they will perish or expire”
- Transliteration
- yig-va-U
- Extended
- yihg-vaa-OO
- IPA
- /jiɣvaˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will perish or expire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yig-va-U
- 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
Rootg-w-ʿ
“to perish”
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 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Zechariah 13:8, so the Hebrew word יִגְוָ֑עוּ (yigvau) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.8.W7.S1) and character.