Nehemiah 13:17:1Neh.13.17.W1TAB
וָאָרִ֕יבָה
vaariva
“and I contended or confronted”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ri-VA
- Extended
- vaa-ah-ri-VAH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaː.riːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I contended or confronted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ri-VA
- clause
va-a-ri-VA ET kho-RE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-a-ri-VA ET kho-RE ye-hu-DA va-om-RA la-HEM ma-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE a-SHER a-TEM o-SIM u-me-khal-le-LIM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with the vav-consecutive in va’arivah {וָאָרִ֕יבָה | wâ·ʾă·rî·ḇā} ‘and I contended’, signaling Nehemiah’s ongoing intervention.
Root and etymology
ayin-resh-betayin–resh–bet
“to contend”
In context — Nehemiah 13:17
And I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing in profaning the Sabbath day?”
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word וָאָרִ֕יבָה (vaariva) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W1.S1) and character.