Nehemiah 13:17:5Neh.13.17.W5TAB
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה
vaomra
“and I said”
- Transliteration
- va-om-RA
- Extended
- vaa-ohm-RAA
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔomˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-om-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-om-RA la-HEM
- 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
Vav-consecutive returns in va’omrah {וָאֹמְרָ֣ה | wâ·ʾō·mə·rā} ‘and I said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
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 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (vaomra) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W5.S1) and character.