Nehemiah 13:11:3Neh.13.11.W3TAB
וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה
vaomra
“and I said”
- Transliteration
- va-OM-ra
- Extended
- vaa-OHM-rah
- IPA
- /vaːʔomˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I said
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-OM-ra
- clause
va-a-RI-va et-ha-se-ga-NIM va-OM-ra ma-DU-a ne-e-ZAV BET-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-RI-va et-ha-se-ga-NIM va-OM-ra ma-DU-a ne-e-ZAV BET-ha-e-lo-HIM va-ek-be-TSEM va-a-a-mi-DEM al-a-me-DAM
Exegesis
Vaomrah {וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה | wâʾôrmâ} ‘and I said’ frames the challenge maddua {מַדּ֖וּעַ | maddûaʿ} ‘why’, leading into the Niphal imperfect ne’ezav {נֶעֱזַ֣ב | nǝʿezāv} ‘is forsaken’ within the construct beit haElohim {בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | bêyt hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘house of God’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Nehemiah 13:11
So I contended with the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” Then I gathered them and stationed them at their posts.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:11, so the Hebrew word וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה (vaomra) 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.13.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.11.W3.S1) and character.