Zechariah 14:8:7Zech.14.8.W7TAB
חֶצְיָ֗ם
khetsiam
“half of them”
- Transliteration
- KHE-tsi-AM
- Extended
- KHEH-tsee-AHM
- IPA
- /ħɛtsˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- half of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
KHE-tsi-AM
- 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
ve-chetzyam {חֶצְיָ֗ם … וְחֶצְיָ֖ם | ḥe-ṣā-yām … wə-ḥe-ṣā-yām} ‘half of them …
Root and etymology
Rootchet–tsadi–yod
“half”
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 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word חֶצְיָ֗ם (khetsiam) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W7.S1) and character.