Zechariah 14:6:5Zech.14.6.W5TAB
א֔וֹר
or
“light”
- Transliteration
- OR
- Extended
- OHR
- IPA
- /ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- light
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
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- phraseyour reading level
LO-yi-he-YE OR
- clause
LO-yi-he-YE OR ye-ka-ROT yi-ke-pa-ON ve-kip-pa-ON
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU LO-yi-he-YE OR ye-ka-ROT yi-ke-pa-ON ve-kip-pa-ON
Exegesis
The negative construction lo-yiheyeh or {לֹֽא-יִהְיֶ֣ה א֔וֹר | lō-yih-yeh ʾôr} 'there shall be no light' asserts total absence of illumination.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–w–r
“light, illumination”
In context — Zechariah 14:6
And it will come to pass on that day that there shall be no light; the precious things will congeal , and frost will be present.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Zechariah 14:6, so the Hebrew word א֔וֹר (or) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.6.W5.S1) and character.