Zechariah 14:4:1Zech.14.4.W1TAB
וְעָמְד֣וּ
veamedu
“and they will stand”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-me-DU
- Extended
- veh-aa-meh-DOO
- IPA
- /wəʕɔː.məˈðuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will stand
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-me-DU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-me-DU rag-la-VAV ba-YOM-ha-HU
- clause
ve-a-me-DU rag-la-VAV ba-YOM-ha-HU al-HAR ha-ze-TIM a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-im mi-KE-dem ve-niv-KA HAR ha-ze-TIM me-KHE-tsyo miz-ra-KHA va-ya-MA GE ge-do-LA me-OD
- sentence
ve-a-me-DU rag-la-VAV ba-YOM-ha-HU al-HAR ha-ze-TIM a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-im mi-KE-dem ve-niv-KA HAR ha-ze-TIM me-KHE-tsyo miz-ra-KHA va-ya-MA GE ge-do-LA me-OD u-MASH kha-TSI ha-HAR tsa-fo-NA ve-khe-tsyo-NE-gba
Exegesis
The verse begins with the perfect veamdu {וְעָמְדוּ | wə-ʿā-mə-ḏû} “and they stood,” which in prophetic Hebrew signifies an assured future event.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Mem–Dalet
“to stand; remain”
In context — Zechariah 14:4
And His feet shall stand on that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split from its middle eastward and westward, forming a very great valley, and half of the mountain shall move northward and its other half southward.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Zechariah 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְעָמְד֣וּ (veamedu) 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.14.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.4.W1.S1) and character.