Zechariah 14:8:11Zech.14.8.W11TAB
אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם
elhayam
“to the sea”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-YAM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-YAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hajˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON
- 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
- 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
and half of them’ distinguishes two directions: el-ha-yam ha-kadmoni {אֶל־הַיָּם֙ הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֔י | ʾel-hā-yām ha-qaḏ-mō-nî} ‘to the eastern sea’ and el-ha-yam ha-acharon {אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם הָאַחֲר֑וֹן | ʾel-hā-yām hā-ʾaḥ-ā-rôn} ‘to the western sea’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-hʾ-l-h
“God, mighty one”
In context — Zechariah 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 14:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם (elhayam) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W11.S1) and character.