Nehemiah 13:10:9Neh.13.10.W9TAB
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים
vehamshorerim
“and the singers”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-sho-re-RIM
- Extended
- veh-hahm-shoh-reh-REEM
- IPA
- /və.ham.ʃo.rəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the singers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
hal-ve-YIM ve-ham-sho-re-RIM
- 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.
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 13:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:10, so the Hebrew word וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (vehamshorerim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.10.W9.S1) and character.