Zechariah 14:12:12Zech.14.12.W12TAB
בְּשָׂר֗וֹ
besaro
“of his flesh”
- Transliteration
- be-sa-RO
- Extended
- beh-saa-ROH
- IPA
- /bəsaːˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of his flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-sa-RO
- 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
This theme is echoed by the Piel imperfect verbs timmaqnah {תִּמַּ֣קְנָה | tim-maq-nāh} and timmaq {תִּמַּ֥ק | tim-maq}, which describe progressive rotting of flesh (besaro {בְּשָׂר֗וֹ | bə-śā-rō}), eyes (veyeinav {וְעֵינָיו֙ | wə-ʿê-nāw}), and tongue (uleshono {וּלְשׁוֹנ֖וֹ | u-lə-šō-nō}) in their respective sockets (bechoreihen {בְחֹרֵיהֶן | bə-ḥō-rê-hen}) and mouths (bepihehem {בְּפִיהֶם | bə-pî-hem}).
Root and etymology
Rootbet–shin–resh
“flesh”
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 14:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 14:12, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂר֗וֹ (besaro) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.12.W12.S1) and character.