Zechariah 14:4:23Zech.14.4.W23TAB
וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶֽגְבָּה׃
vekhetsyonegba
“and its half, southward”
- Transliteration
- ve-khe-tsyo-NE-gba
- Extended
- veh-KHEH-tseh-yoh-NEHG-baa
- IPA
- /wəħɛts.joː.neɣˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its half, southward
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khe-tsyo-NE-gba
- clause
u-MASH kha-TSI ha-HAR tsa-fo-NA ve-khe-tsyo-NE-gba
- 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
Finally, umash {וּמָשׁ | û-māš} “and it shall move” with chetzi {חֲצִי | ḥă-ṣî} “half” and the directional tsafonah vechetzyonegba {צָפוֹנָה וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶגְבָּה | tsā-pō-nāh wə-ḥe-ṣyô-ne-ḡ-bā} “northward and its half southward” conveys a distributive motion. The sequence of prefixed vav conjunctions and perfect forms underscores continuity and divine certainty in the prophetic vision.
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 14:4:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Zechariah 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶֽגְבָּה׃ (vekhetsyonegba) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.4.W23.S1) and character.