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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-go-YIM ha-HEM
- clause
ve-ya-TSA ye-ho-VAH ve-nil-KHAM ba-go-YIM ha-HEM
- 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 context — Zechariah 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.