Zechariah 14:6:8Zech.14.6.W8TAB

וְקִפָּאֽוֹן׃

vekippaon

and frost

Transliteration
ve-kip-pa-ON
Extended
veh-kihp-paa-OHN
IPA
/vəqip.paˈʔoːn/

Meaning by language

English
and frost

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + קִפ + פָּאֽ + וֹן׃
ve + kip + pa + on
vekippaon

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-kip-pa-ON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yi-ke-pa-ON ve-kip-pa-ON

  3. clause

    LO-yi-he-YE OR ye-ka-ROT yi-ke-pa-ON ve-kip-pa-ON

  4. 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 contextZechariah 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 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 14:6, so the Hebrew word וְקִפָּאֽוֹן׃ (vekippaon) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.6.W8.S1) and character.