Nehemiah 13:10:6Neh.13.10.W6TAB
וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ
vayivrekhu
“and they fled”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-re-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yiv-reh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiv.rəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they fled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-re-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-re-KHU ISH-le-sa-DE-hu
- 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
A subsequent vav-consecutive imperfect vayyivrēḥû {וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ | way-yivrēḥû} expresses the result, where both Levites and singers ve-hamshorerim {וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים | wə-hamšôrərîm} abandon the temple labor, and the construct ʾîš-lesadehu {אִישׁ־לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ | ʾîš-lə-sāḏē-hû} indicates their individual withdrawal to personal fields. The translation preserves the Hebrew verb sequence and coordination while clarifying the shift from cultic neglect to agrarian return.
Root and etymology
b-r-ḥbet–resh–chet
“to flee, drive away”
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 13:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Nehemiah 13:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ (vayivrekhu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.10.W6.S1) and character.