Zechariah 14:3:4Zech.14.3.W4TAB

בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם

bagoyim

against the nations

Transliteration
ba-go-YIM
Extended
bah-goh-YEEM
IPA
/bag.goˈjiːm/

Meaning by language

English
against the nations

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + גּוֹ + יִ֣ם
ba + go + yim
bagoyim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ba-go-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-go-YIM ha-HEM

  3. clause

    ve-ya-TSA ye-ho-VAH ve-nil-KHAM ba-go-YIM ha-HEM

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-TSA ye-ho-VAH ve-nil-KHAM ba-go-YIM ha-HEM ke-YOM hil-la-kha-MU be-YOM ke-RAV

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase baggoyim hahem {בַּגּוֹיִם הָהֵם | ba-ggō-yim hā-hēm} ‘against those nations’ refers back to the besieging peoples.

Root and etymology

Rootgimel vav yod

nations

In contextZechariah 14:3

Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle .

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 14:3, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם (bagoyim) 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.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.3.W4.S1) and character.