Zechariah 14:17:8Zech.14.17.W8TAB
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת
lehishtakhavot
“to bow down”
- Transliteration
- le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- Extended
- leh-hihsht-tah-khah-VOHT
- IPA
- /ləhiʃt.taħăˈwoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to bow down
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-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-LO a-LE-hem yih-HE ha-GA-shem
In context — Zechariah 14:17
And it will be that whoever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts , there will be no rain upon them.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 14:17, so the Hebrew word לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת (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.14.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.17.W8.S1) and character.