Zechariah 14:6:7Zech.14.6.W7TAB
יקפאון
yikepaon
“congealing”
- Transliteration
- yi-ke-pa-ON
- Extended
- yih-keh-pah-OHN
- IPA
- /jiq.paˈʔoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- congealing
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-ke-pa-ON
- phraseyour reading level
yi-ke-pa-ON ve-kip-pa-ON
- 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 noun yekarot {יְקָר֖וֹת | yə-qārôṯ} 'precious things' and the nouns yikipaon {יקפאון | yi-qip-pā-ʼôn} 'congealing' and ve-kippaon {וְקִפָּאֽוֹן | wə-qip-pā-ʼôn} 'frost' form a merism for extreme cold, conveying the breakdown of cosmic order.
Root and etymology
Rootq–p–ʾ
“to freeze, congeal”
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 14:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Zechariah 14:6, so the Hebrew word יקפאון (yikepaon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.6.W7.S1) and character.