Zechariah 13:9:3Zech.13.9.W3TAB

בָּאֵ֔שׁ

baesh

into the fire

Transliteration
ba-ESH
Extended
baa-EESH
IPA
/baːˈʔeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
into the fire

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + אֵ֔שׁ
ba + esh
baesh

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-ESH

  2. clause

    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

  3. 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

Fire imagery in ba-esh {בָּאֵ֔שׁ | bā-ʾêš} ‘through the fire’ with kitzrof {כִּצְרֹף | ki-ṣrōp̄} ‘as one refines’ and ha-keseph {הַכֶּסֶף | ha-ké-sep̄} ‘the silver,’ alongside kivchon {כִּבְחֹן | ki-ḇ-ḥôn} ‘like testing’ and ha-zahav {הַזָּהָב | ha-zā-hāv} ‘the gold,’ underscores purification.

In contextZechariah 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 13:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 13:9, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵ֔שׁ (baesh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.9.W3.S1) and character.