Zechariah 14:18:1Zech.14.18.W1TAB
וְאִם־מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת
veimmishpakhat
“and if {the} family of”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-ihm-mihsh-pah-KHAHT
- IPA
- /vəʔim.miʃ.paˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if {the} family of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE
- clause
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM
- sentence
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM ti-HE-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-suk-KOT
Exegesis
The verse opens with a protasis introduced by veim {וְאִם־ | wə-’im} ‘and if’, presenting mishpachat mitzrayim {מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת מִצְרַ֧יִם | miš-pa-ḥat miṣ-rā-yim} ‘family of Egypt’.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥ
“spread out, clan”
In context — Zechariah 14:18
And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, there will be no rain upon them; there shall be upon them the plague which the LORD will strike upon the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Zechariah 14:18, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת (veimmishpakhat) 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.14.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.18.W1.S1) and character.