Zechariah 14:16:10Zech.14.16.W10TAB
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת֙
lehishtakhavot
“to bow down, to worship”
- Transliteration
- le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- Extended
- leh-hihsh-tah-khah-VOHT
- IPA
- /ləhiʃ.tːaħ.ăwɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to bow down, to worship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- clause
ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT
Exegesis
The coordinated verbs vealu lehishtachavot lemelekh {וְעָל֞וּ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְמֶלֶךְ | wə-ʿā-lū lə-hištāḥăvôt lə-me-lekh} ‘and they will go up to bow down to the King’ form a purpose clause.
In context — Zechariah 14:16
And it will be that everyone who remains from all the nations that come against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to bow down before the King, the LORD of hosts , and to keep the feast of booths .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 14:16, so the Hebrew word לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת֙ (lehishtakhavot) 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.14.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.16.W10.S1) and character.