Nehemiah 13:15:16Neh.13.15.W16TAB
יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם
yerushalim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LIM
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /jəruːʃaːˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-vi-IM ye-ru-sha-LIM
- clause
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM-ma ra-I-ti vi-hu-DA do-re-KHIM-gi-TOT ba-sha-BAT u-me-vi-IM ha-a-re-MOT ve-o-me-SIM al-ha-kha-mo-RIM ve-af-YA-yin a-na-VIM u-te-e-NIM ve-KHOL-ma-SA u-me-vi-IM ye-ru-sha-LIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM-ma ra-I-ti vi-hu-DA do-re-KHIM-gi-TOT ba-sha-BAT u-me-vi-IM ha-a-re-MOT ve-o-me-SIM al-ha-kha-mo-RIM ve-af-YA-yin a-na-VIM u-te-e-NIM ve-KHOL-ma-SA u-me-vi-IM ye-ru-sha-LIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT va-a-ID be-YOM mik-RAM tsa-YID
In context — Nehemiah 13:15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading grapes in winepresses on the Sabbath . They brought in heaps, loaded them onto donkeys, and carried wine, grapes, figs, and every kind of burden into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, and I warned them on the day of their selling food .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Nehemiah 13:15, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם (yerushalim) 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.13.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.15.W16.S1) and character.