Nehemiah 13:16:8Neh.13.16.W8TAB

בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת

bashabat

on the Sabbath

Transliteration
ba-sha-BAT
Extended
bah-shah-BAHT
IPA
/baʃ.ʃabˈbaːt/

Meaning by language

English
on the Sabbath

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + שַּׁ + בָּ֛ת
ba + sha + bat
bashabat

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-sha-BAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mo-khe-RIM ba-sha-BAT

  3. clause

    u-mo-khe-RIM ba-sha-BAT liv-NE ye-hu-DA u-vi-ru-sha-LA-yim

  4. 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

Ba-shabbat {בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת | ba-šabbāt} ‘on the Sabbath’ functions as a temporal adjunct highlighting a violation of rest.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–bet–tav

to cease, rest

In contextNehemiah 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 13:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת (bashabat) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.16.W8.S1) and character.