Nehemiah 13:15:19Neh.13.15.W19TAB
וָאָעִ֕יד
vaaid
“and I warned”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ID
- Extended
- vaa-aa-EED
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaːˈʕiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I warned
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ID
- clause
va-a-ID be-YOM mik-RAM tsa-YID
- 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
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in wa’ā‘îd {וָאָעִ֕יד | wā-’ā‘îd} introduces the warning action.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, strength”
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 13:15:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Nehemiah 13:15, so the Hebrew word וָאָעִ֕יד (vaaid) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.15.W19.S1) and character.