Zechariah 14:10:3Zech.14.10.W3TAB
כָּעֲרָבָה֙
kaarava
“like the Arabah or like a plain”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-ra-VA
- Extended
- kaa-ah-rah-VAA
- IPA
- /kaː.ʕă.raːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the Arabah or like a plain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-a-ra-VA
- phraseyour reading level
yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA
- clause
yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA mi-GE-va le-ri-MON NE-gev ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA mi-GE-va le-ri-MON NE-gev ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-ra-a-MA ve-ya-she-VA takh-te-HA le-mish-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ad-me-KOM SHA-ar ha-ri-SHON ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NIM u-mig-DAL kha-nan-EL AD yik-VE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The comparative ka-aravah {כָּעֲרָבָה | ka-ʿărāḇāh} frames a simile for topographical change.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin–resh–bet
“desert plain”
In context — Zechariah 14:10
And all the land shall be turned like the Arabah , from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but it shall be raised up and inhabited in its place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 14:10, so the Hebrew word כָּעֲרָבָה֙ (kaarava) 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.14.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.10.W3.S1) and character.