Zechariah 14:8:6Zech.14.8.W6TAB
מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
mirushalaim
“from Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- mi-ru-sha-LA-im
- Extended
- mih-roo-shah-LAA-ihm
- IPA
- /miːruːʃaˈlaːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-ru-sha-LA-im
- 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
The source is specified by mirushalayim {מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַם | mî-rû-šā-layim} ‘from Jerusalem’. The distributive chetzyam …
Root and etymology
Rootyod–resh–shin
“to found, possess”
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 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (mirushalaim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W6.S1) and character.