Nehemiah 13:10:11Neh.13.10.W11TAB
הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃
hammelakha
“the work”
- Transliteration
- ham-me-la-KHA
- Extended
- hahm-meh-laa-KHAA
- IPA
- /ham.mə.lɑːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
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Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-me-la-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
o-SE ham-me-la-KHA
- clause
va-yiv-re-KHU ISH-le-sa-DE-hu hal-ve-YIM ve-ham-sho-re-RIM o-SE ham-me-la-KHA
- 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 construct menayot ha-leviyim {מְנָי֥וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֖ם | mə-nā-yōṯ ha-lə-wî-yîm} specifies cultic provisions, and the Nifal perfect lo nittanah {לֹ֣א נִתָּ֑נָה | lōʾ nittānāh} conveys that they had not been given.
Root and etymology
ל־א־ך
“service, work”
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 13:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Nehemiah 13:10, so the Hebrew word הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (hammelakha) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.10.W11.S1) and character.