Zechariah 14:8:10Zech.14.8.W10TAB

וְחֶצְיָ֖ם

vekhetsiam

and half of them

Transliteration
ve-khe-tsi-AM
Extended
veh-kheh-tsee-AHM
IPA
/wəħɛtsˈjaːm/

Meaning by language

English
and half of them

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + חֶ + צְ + יָ֖ם
ve + khe + tsi + am
vekhetsiam

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-khe-tsi-AM

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON ba-ka-YITS u-va-KHO-ref yih-ye-YE

Exegesis

ve-chetzyam {חֶצְיָ֗ם … וְחֶצְיָ֖ם | ḥe-ṣā-yām … wə-ḥe-ṣā-yām} ‘half of them …

Root and etymology

Rootchet–tsadi–yod

half

In contextZechariah 14:8

And it shall be on that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem , half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; and it shall be in summer and in winter.

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word וְחֶצְיָ֖ם (vekhetsiam) 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.14.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W10.S1) and character.