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

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Result
חֹ + רֵ֣י
kho + re
khore

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    kho-RE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kho-RE ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-a-ri-VA ET kho-RE ye-hu-DA

  4. 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 contextNehemiah 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.