Nehemiah 13:12:7Neh.13.12.W7TAB
לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃
laotsarot
“into the storehouses”
- Transliteration
- la-o-tsa-ROT
- Extended
- laa-oh-tsah-ROOT
- IPA
- /laː.ʔoː.tsˤaˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the storehouses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-o-tsa-ROT
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA he-vi-U ma-e-SAR ha-da-GAN ve-ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR la-o-tsa-ROT
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase laotzarot {לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת | lā-ʾō-ṣā-rōt} expresses directionality with lamed. The Hebrew enumeration emphasizes collective faithfulness by cumulative listing, a pattern preserved in the English translation.
Root and etymology
א־צ־ר
“to store, reserve”
In context — Nehemiah 13:12
And all Judah brought the tithe of grain and the new wine and the oil to the storerooms .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Nehemiah 13:12, so the Hebrew word לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃ (laotsarot) 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.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.12.W7.S1) and character.