Zechariah 7:14:12Zech.7.14.W12TAB
אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּ֖ה
eretskhemda
“a land of delight”
- Transliteration
- E-rets-khem-DA
- Extended
- EH-rehts-khehm-DAA
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts.ħɛmˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a land of delight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-rets-khem-DA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-si-MU E-rets-khem-DA
- clause
va-ya-si-MU E-rets-khem-DA le-sha-MA
- sentence
ve-e-sa-a-REM AL kol-ha-go-YIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM ve-ha-A-rets na-sha-MA a-kha-re-HEM me-o-VER u-mish-SHAV va-ya-si-MU E-rets-khem-DA le-sha-MA
Exegesis
Finally, a second wayyiqtol wa-yā-sî-mū {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | wa-yā-sî-mû} ‘and they made’ introduces the final nominal description ʾereṣ-ḥem-dāh lə-שַׁמָּה {אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּה לְשַׁמָּֽה | ʾe-reṣ-ḥem-dāh lə-שַׁמָּה} ‘land of delight into desolation’, reflecting the thematic shift from blessing to ruin.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-m-d
“delight, precious”
In context — Zechariah 7:14
And I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was desolate after them, so that none passed through or returned. They made the pleasant land a desolation .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 7:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 7:14, so the Hebrew word אֶֽרֶץ־חֶמְדָּ֖ה (eretskhemda) 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.7.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.7.14.W12.S1) and character.