Nehemiah 13:17:12Neh.13.17.W12TAB
עֹשִׂ֔ים
osim
“are doing”
- Transliteration
- o-SIM
- Extended
- oh-SEEM
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are doing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
o-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-TEM o-SIM
- clause
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
- 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 interrogative mah-hadavar {מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֨ר | mā(h)-haḏ·dā·ḇār} ‘what the thing’, combined with the adjective hara {הָרָ֤ע | hā·rāʿ} ‘evil’ and demonstrative hazeh {הַזֶּה | ha·zzeh} ‘this’, intensifies the question’s force, while the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘that’ links to the participle osim {עֹשִׂ֔ים | ʿō·šîm} ‘are doing’.
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 13:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word עֹשִׂ֔ים (osim) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W12.S1) and character.