Zechariah 14:15:8Zech.14.15.W8TAB
וְכָ֨ל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה
vekholhabehema
“and every the beast or animal”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ha-be-he-MA
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-hah-beh-heh-MAA
- IPA
- /wəχɔːl-habbəheːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every the beast or animal
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-ha-be-he-MA
- clause
ve-KHEN ti-HE-ye mag-GE-fat ha-SUS ha-PE-red ha-ga-MAL ve-ha-kha-MOR ve-KHOL-ha-be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YE ba-ma-kha-NOT ha-HE-ma
- sentence
ve-KHEN ti-HE-ye mag-GE-fat ha-SUS ha-PE-red ha-ga-MAL ve-ha-kha-MOR ve-KHOL-ha-be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YE ba-ma-kha-NOT ha-HE-ma ka-mag-GE-fa ha-ZOT
Exegesis
A coordinated series of nouns—hasus {הַסּ֗וּס | ha-sūs}, hapered {הַפֶּ֙רֶד֙ | hă-pĕ-rêḏ}, hagamal {הַגָּמָ֣ל | ha-gā-māl}, vehachamor {וְהַחֲמ֔וֹר | wə-ḥă-môr}, and vekolhabehemah {וְכָ֨ל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה | wə-kol-hă-bĕ-hēmāh}—details the animals affected.
Root and etymology
ב־ה־מ
“beast, animal”
In context — Zechariah 14:15
And so the plague will be upon the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and every beast that is in those camps , just like this plague.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְכָ֨ל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה (vekholhabehema) 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.14.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.15.W8.S1) and character.