Zechariah 14:8:12Zech.14.8.W12TAB
הָאַחֲר֑וֹן
haakharon
“the western or latter”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-kha-RON
- Extended
- haa-ah-khah-ROHN
- IPA
- /haːʔaħăˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the western or latter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-kha-RON
- 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’.
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 14:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word הָאַחֲר֑וֹן (haakharon) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W12.S1) and character.