Nehemiah 13:17:14Neh.13.17.W14TAB
אֶת־י֥וֹם
etyom
“the day of”
- Transliteration
- et-YOM
- Extended
- eht-YOHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the day of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-YOM
- phraseyour reading level
et-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- 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 clause concludes with et-yom hashabbat {אֶת־יוֹם הַשַׁבָּֽת | ʾeṯ-yôm ha·šā·bat˒} ‘the Sabbath day’, where et underscores the object’s prominence and the construct chain focuses theological attention on sacred time. In translation, the Hebrew interrogative sequence is rendered as a direct question to preserve immediacy and emphasis.
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 13:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־י֥וֹם (etyom) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W14.S1) and character.