Zechariah 14:13:15Zech.14.13.W15TAB
רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
reehu
“his neighbor or his companion”
- Transliteration
- re-E-HU
- Extended
- reh-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /rɛˈʕeːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor or his companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-E-HU
- phraseyour reading level
al-YAD re-E-HU
- clause
ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ti-he-YE me-hu-MAT-ye-ho-VAH ra-BA ba-HEM ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU
Exegesis
The coordinated clauses wehecheziku ish yad reʿehu {וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ אִישׁ יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-he-ḥĕ-zî-qû ʾîš yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and they will seize the hand of a neighbor’ and vealatah yado al yad reʿehu {וְעָלְתָה יָד֖וֹ עַל־יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-ʿāl-tāh ya-dô ʿal yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and a hand will arise against another’ depict reciprocal aggression highlighting social collapse.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“friend”
In context — Zechariah 14:13
And on that day there will be a great tumult from the LORD among them; each man will seize the hand of his neighbor and his hand will rise against the hand of his neighbor.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Zechariah 14:13, so the Hebrew word רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (reehu) 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.14.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.13.W15.S1) and character.