Zechariah 14:5:4Zech.14.5.W4TAB
גֵּי־הָרִים֮
geharim
“the valley of the mountains”
- Transliteration
- ge-ha-RIM
- Extended
- ghee-hah-REEM
- IPA
- /ɡeː.haˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the valley of the mountains
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ge-ha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ya-GI-a ge-ha-RIM
- 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 causal clause kiyaggia {כִּֽי־יַגִּ֣יעַ | kî-yag-gî-ʿa} ‘for it will reach’ modifies geiharim {גֵּי־הָרִים֮ | gē-hā-rîm} ‘valley of the mountains,’ emphasizing urgency.
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Resh
“mountain”
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 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 14:5, so the Hebrew word גֵּי־הָרִים֮ (geharim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.5.W4.S1) and character.