Nehemiah 13:17:15Neh.13.17.W15TAB
הַשַׁבָּֽת׃
hashabat
“the Sabbath”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-BAT
- Extended
- hah-shah-BAHT
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃabˈbaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Sabbath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sha-BAT
- 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.
Root and etymology
shin-bet-tavshin–bet–tav
“to cease, rest”
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 13:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word הַשַׁבָּֽת׃ (hashabat) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W15.S1) and character.