Nehemiah 13:10:1Neh.13.10.W1TAB
וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה
vaeda
“and I came to know”
- Transliteration
- va-ED-a
- Extended
- vaa-EHD-ah
- IPA
- /vɑːˈʔeː.dɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I came to know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ED-a
- clause
va-ED-a KI-me-na-YOT hal-ve-YIM LO nit-TA-na
- sentence
va-ED-a KI-me-na-YOT hal-ve-YIM LO nit-TA-na va-yiv-re-KHU ISH-le-sa-DE-hu hal-ve-YIM ve-ham-sho-re-RIM o-SE ham-me-la-KHA
Exegesis
The verse begins with va'eda {וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה | wāʾēḏāʾ} ‘and I knew’, a vav-consecutive imperfect introducing a revelation clause, with ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} marking the subordinate content clause.
In context — Nehemiah 13:10
And I knew that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and so each of the Levites and the singers who did the work fled to his own field.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:10, so the Hebrew word וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (vaeda) 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.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.10.W1.S1) and character.