Zechariah 14:12:17Zech.14.12.W17TAB
תִּמַּ֣קְנָה
timmakna
“will rot”
- Transliteration
- tim-mak-NA
- Extended
- tihm-mahk-NAA
- IPA
- /tim.makˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tim-mak-NA
- phraseyour reading level
tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN
- 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
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 14:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Zechariah 14:12, so the Hebrew word תִּמַּ֣קְנָה (timmakna) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.12.W17.S1) and character.