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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-sha-BAT
- phraseyour reading level
u-mo-khe-RIM ba-sha-BAT
- clause
u-mo-khe-RIM ba-sha-BAT liv-NE ye-hu-DA u-vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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 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 13:16:8 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.