Nehemiah 13:1:3Neh.13.1.W3TAB
נִקְרָ֛א
nikra
“it was read”
- Transliteration
- nik-RA
- Extended
- nihk-RAA
- IPA
- /niqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was read
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nik-RA
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU nik-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE be-oz-NE ha-AM
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU nik-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE be-oz-NE ha-AM ve-nim-TSA ka-TUV BO a-SHER lo-YA-VO a-mo-NI u-mo-a-VI bik-HAL ha-e-lo-HIM ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect verb nikra {נִקְרָ֛א | nī-qrā’} ‘was read’ is followed by the prepositional construct besefer Moshe {בְּסֵ֥פֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה | bĕ-sê-phēr mō-šē} ‘in the book of Moses’.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqop–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Nehemiah 13:1
At that time the scroll of Moses was read aloud for all the people to hear, and they came upon the written command that no Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of God forever.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:1, so the Hebrew word נִקְרָ֛א (nikra) 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 Neh.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.1.W3.S1) and character.