Zechariah 14:16:5Zech.14.16.W5TAB
עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם
alyerushalaim
“against Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-roo-shah-LAA-ihm
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəruːʃɔːˈlɔː.ʔim/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- 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 locative-against phrase al Yerushalayim {עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | ʿal yə-rū-shā-lā-yim} indicates the target.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–resh–shin
“to found, possess”
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 14:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Zechariah 14:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם (alyerushalaim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.16.W5.S1) and character.