Nehemiah 13:15:21Neh.13.15.W21TAB
מִכְרָ֥ם
mikram
“their selling”
- Transliteration
- mik-RAM
- Extended
- mihk-RAAM
- IPA
- /mixˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their selling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mik-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
mik-RAM tsa-YID
- 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 construct mikram {מִכְרָ֥ם | miḵ-rām} ‘of their selling’ specifies ownership of the transaction.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–kaf–resh
“trade, merchandise”
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 13:15:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Nehemiah 13:15, so the Hebrew word מִכְרָ֥ם (mikram) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.15.W21.S1) and character.