Nehemiah 13:15:5Neh.13.15.W5TAB

דֹּֽרְכִֽים־גִּתּ֣וֹת

dorekhimgitot

“treading winepresses”

Transliteration: do-re-KHIM-gi-TOT
Extended: doh-reh-KHEEM-gih-TOTE
IPA: /doːr.ˈχiːm.gitˈtoːt/

Meaning by language

English: treading winepresses

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

דֹּֽ + רְ + כִֽים + גִּ + תּ֣וֹת

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do + re + khim + gi + tot

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dorekhimgitot

Alphabet Analysis

	Dalet	d as in door
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end
	Gimel	g as in good
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Tav	t as in top
	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
do-re-KHIM-gi-TOT
phraseyour reading level
ra-I-ti vi-hu-DA do-re-KHIM-gi-TOT ba-sha-BAT
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

Exegesis

The participle dorkhim-gittot {דֹּֽרְכִֽים־גִּתּ֣וֹת | dôrḵîm-gittôt} ‘treading winepresses’ denotes continuous harvest activity.

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 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:15, so the Hebrew word דֹּֽרְכִֽים־גִּתּ֣וֹת (dorekhimgitot) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.15.W5.S1) and character.

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