Zechariah 14:12:11Zech.14.12.W11TAB
הָמֵ֣ק
hamek
“the rotting”
- Transliteration
- ha-MEK
- Extended
- haa-MEEK
- IPA
- /haːˈmeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- the rotting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MEK
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MEK be-sa-RO
- clause
ha-MEK be-sa-RO ve-HU o-MED al-rag-LAV ve-e-NAIV tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN u-le-sho-NO tim-MAK be-fi-HEM
- sentence
ve-ZOT tih-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-kol-ha-am-MIM a-SHER tsa-ve-U al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ha-MEK be-sa-RO ve-HU o-MED al-rag-LAV ve-e-NAIV tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN u-le-sho-NO tim-MAK be-fi-HEM
Exegesis
The perfect tsavu {צָבְא֖וּ | ṣā-və-ʾû} ‘have assembled’ conveys completed hostile preparation, and the Hiphil participle hameq {הָמֵ֣ק | hā-mēq} ‘causing to waste away’ introduces a theme of supernatural decay.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–waw–qoph
“to rot”
In context — Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have assembled against Jerusalem: their flesh will waste away as they stand on their feet, and their eyes will waste away in their sockets, and their tongues will waste away in their mouths.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Zechariah 14:12, so the Hebrew word הָמֵ֣ק (hamek) 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.14.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.12.W11.S1) and character.