Zechariah 13:9:8Zech.13.9.W8TAB
כִּבְחֹ֣ן
kivkhon
“as testing”
- Transliteration
- kiv-KHON
- Extended
- kihv-KHOHN
- IPA
- /kivˈħoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- as testing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kiv-KHON
- phraseyour reading level
kiv-KHON et-ha-za-HAV
- 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
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.
Root and etymology
Rootb–ḥ–n
“to test, examine”
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 13:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 13:9, so the Hebrew word כִּבְחֹ֣ן (kivkhon) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.9.W8.S1) and character.