Zechariah 14:5:1Zech.14.5.W1TAB
וְנַסְתֶּ֣ם
venastem
“and you shall flee”
- Transliteration
- ve-nas-TEM
- Extended
- veh-nahs-TEM
- IPA
- /vənasˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall flee
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-nas-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nas-TEM ge-HA-rai
- clause
ve-nas-TEM ge-HA-rai ki-ya-GI-a ge-ha-RIM el-a-TSAL ve-nas-TEM ka-a-SHER nas-TEM mi-pe-NE ha-RA-ash bi-me u-zi-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-nas-TEM ge-HA-rai ki-ya-GI-a ge-ha-RIM el-a-TSAL ve-nas-TEM ka-a-SHER nas-TEM mi-pe-NE ha-RA-ash bi-me u-zi-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-VA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI kol-ke-do-SHIM i-MAKH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the instruction wenastem {וְנַסְתֶּ֣ם | wə-nas-tem} ‘and you will flee,’ introducing the refuge geiharai {גֵּֽיא־הָרַ֗י | gē-ḥā-rāy} ‘valley of my mountains.’
The parallelism wenastem kaasher nastem {וְנַסְתֶּ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר נַסְתֶּם֙ | wə-nas-tem ka-ʾă-šer nās-tem} ‘you will flee as you fled’ recalls minpnei haraash {מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרַ֔עַשׁ | min-pə-nêy hā-ra-ʿaš} ‘from before the earthquake,’ creating a historical typology linked to Uzziah’s reign (bimei uzziah melekyehudah).
Root and etymology
n-s-wn-s-w
“to flee”
In context — Zechariah 14:5
And you will flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal. And you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Zechariah 14:5, so the Hebrew word וְנַסְתֶּ֣ם (venastem) 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.14.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.5.W1.S1) and character.