Zechariah 14:4:2Zech.14.4.W2TAB
רַגְלָ֣יו
raglavav
“his feet”
- Transliteration
- rag-la-VAV
- Extended
- rahg-lah-VAV
- IPA
- /rag.laːˈvɔːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his feet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
rag-la-VAV
- 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 noun raglav {רַגְלָיו | raḡ-lāw} “his feet” carries a pronominal suffix indicating divine action.
Root and etymology
RootResh–Gimel–Lamed
“foot”
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 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Zechariah 14:4, so the Hebrew word רַגְלָ֣יו (raglavav) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.4.W2.S1) and character.