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

Result
לְ + הִֽשְׁ + תַּ + חֲ + וֺת֙
le + hish + ta + kha + vot
lehishtakhavot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh'
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-hish-ta-kha-VOT

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextZechariah 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.