Nehemiah 13:16:1Neh.13.16.W1TAB
וְהַצֹּרִים֙
vehatstsorim
“and the Tyrians”
- Transliteration
- ve-hats-tso-RIM
- Extended
- veh-hahts-tsoh-REEM
- IPA
- /vəhats.tsoˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Tyrians
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hats-tso-RIM
- clause
ve-hats-tso-RIM ya-she-VU VAH me-vi-IM DAHG ve-KHOL-ME-kher
- sentence
ve-hats-tso-RIM ya-she-VU VAH me-vi-IM DAHG ve-KHOL-ME-kher u-mo-khe-RIM ba-sha-BAT liv-NE ye-hu-DA u-vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
ve-hatsorim {וְהַצֹּרִים֙ | wə-ha-ṣō-rîm} ‘and the Tyrians’ begins with the conjunction vav marking continuity and direct specification of a foreign group.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–resh
“Tyre (stronghold)”
In context — Nehemiah 13:16
And the Tyrians lived there, bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise, and they were selling on the Sabbath to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְהַצֹּרִים֙ (vehatstsorim) 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.13.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.16.W1.S1) and character.