Zechariah 13:9:4Zech.13.9.W4TAB
וּצְרַפְתִּים֙
utseraftim
“and I will refine them”
- Transliteration
- u-tse-raf-TIM
- Extended
- oo-tseh-rahf-TEEM
- IPA
- /uːtsərafˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will refine them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-tse-raf-TIM
- 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
- 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 verse opens with consecutive verbal-perfect forms in Hifil and Piel—veheveti {וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י | wə-hē-ḇē-ṯî} ‘and I will bring,’ utsreftim {וּצְרַפְתִּים֙ | u-ṣə-rap̄-tîm} ‘and I will refine them,’ and uvekhantim {וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים | u-ḇə-ḥan-tîm} ‘and I will test them’—emphasizing divine refining of the remnant.
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 13:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 13:9, so the Hebrew word וּצְרַפְתִּים֙ (utseraftim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.9.W4.S1) and character.