Nehemiah 13:1:8Neh.13.1.W8TAB

וְנִמְצָא֙

venimtsa

and it was found

Transliteration
ve-nim-TSA
Extended
veh-nihm-TSAA
IPA
/vənimˈtsaː/

Meaning by language

English
and it was found

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Result
וְ + נִמְ + צָא֙
ve + nim + tsa
venimtsa

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-nim-TSA

  2. clause

    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

  3. 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 coordinating clause wenimtza katuv bo {וְנִמְצָא֙ כָּת֣וּב בּ֔וֹ | wə-nim-ṣā’ kā-tûv bō} ‘and it was found written in it’ introduces the embedded legal stipulation.

In contextNehemiah 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 13:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:1, so the Hebrew word וְנִמְצָא֙ (venimtsa) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.1.W8.S1) and character.