Nehemiah 13:16:6Neh.13.16.W6TAB
וְכָל־מֶ֑כֶר
vekholmekher
“and all merchandise”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ME-kher
- Extended
- veh-KHAAL-MEH-khehr
- IPA
- /vəχɔlˈmɛχɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all merchandise
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-ME-kher
- 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
Mevi’im {מְבִיאִ֥ים | mə-vî-ʾîm} ‘bringing’ and u-mokhrim {וּמֹכְרִ֧ים | u-mō-ḵrîm} ‘selling’ are participles framing ongoing commercial actions, linked by ve-kol-mecher {וְכָל־מֶ֑כֶר | wə-kol-me-ḵer} ‘and all merchandise’ which distributes a variety of goods.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–kaf–resh
“trade, merchandise”
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 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Nehemiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־מֶ֑כֶר (vekholmekher) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.16.W6.S1) and character.