Zechariah 14:11:3Zech.14.11.W3TAB
וְחֵ֖רֶם
vekherem
“and a ban or devoted destruction”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHE-rem
- Extended
- veh-KHEE-rehm
- IPA
- /vəˈħeːrɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a ban or devoted destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHE-rem
- clause
ve-ya-she-VU VAH ve-KHE-rem LO yih-ye-EH-OD
- sentence
ve-ya-she-VU VAH ve-KHE-rem LO yih-ye-EH-OD ve-yash-VA ye-ru-sha-LIM la-VE-takh
Exegesis
The noun ḥērem {חֵרֶם | ḥērem} “ban,” negated by lo {לֹא | lōʾ}, combines with the compound yihyeh-ʿôḏ {יִהְיֶה־עוֹד | yih-yēh-ʿôḏ} “will be again” to express permanent removal of devastation.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–mem
“devoted destruction”
In context — Zechariah 14:11
And they will dwell in it, and ban will not be there again; and Jerusalem will dwell in security .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 14:11, so the Hebrew word וְחֵ֖רֶם (vekherem) 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.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.11.W3.S1) and character.