Nehemiah 13:17:3Neh.13.17.W3TAB
חֹרֵ֣י
khore
“the nobles”
- Transliteration
- kho-RE
- Extended
- khoh-REE
- IPA
- /ħoːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nobles
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kho-RE
- phraseyour reading level
kho-RE ye-hu-DA
- 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 direct object marker et {אֵ֖ת | ʾēṯ} precedes khorei Yehudah {חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה | ḥō·rē yᵊhû·ḏā(h)} ‘nobles of Judah’, identifying those in authority.
Root and etymology
chet-vav-reshchet–vav–resh
“noble, freeborn”
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 13:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word חֹרֵ֣י (khore) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W3.S1) and character.