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

Result
וְ + עָ + מְ + ד֣וּ
ve + a + me + du
veamedu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-me-DU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-me-DU rag-la-VAV ba-YOM-ha-HU

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextZechariah 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.