Zechariah 13:9:11Zech.13.9.W11TAB
יִקְרָ֣א
yikra
“will call”
- Transliteration
- yik-RA
- Extended
- yihk-RAA
- IPA
- /jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will call
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
HU yik-RA vish-MI
- clause
HU yik-RA vish-MI va-a-NI e-e-NE o-TO a-MAR-ti a-MI HU ve-HU yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
- sentence
ve-he-VE-ti et-ha-she-li-SHIT ba-ESH u-tse-raf-TIM kit-srof et-ha-KE-sef u-ve-khan-TIM kiv-KHON et-ha-za-HAV HU yik-RA vish-MI va-a-NI e-e-NE o-TO a-MAR-ti a-MI HU ve-HU yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The narrative shifts to covenant invocation in yiqra bishmi {יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי | yiq-rāʾ biš-mî} ‘he will call on My name’ and wa-ani eneh oto {וַֽאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹת֔וֹ | wa-ʾă-nî ʾe-ʿe-neh ʾō-ṯō} ‘and I will answer him.’
In context — Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part through the fire and refine them as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. He will call on My name, and I will answer him; I will say, “He is my people,” and he will say, “The LORD is my God .”
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Zechariah 13:9, so the Hebrew word יִקְרָ֣א (yikra) 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.13.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.9.W11.S1) and character.