Nehemiah 13:18:19Neh.13.18.W19TAB
אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃
ethashabat
“the Sabbath”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-sha-BAT
- Extended
- eht-hah-shah-BAAT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haʃ.ʃabˈbaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Sabbath
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 | |
| 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
et-ha-sha-BAT
- clause
ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The infinitive lehallel {לְחַלֵּל | lə·ḥal·lêl} ‘to profane’ ties directly to et-haShabbat {אֶת-הַשַּׁבָּת | ’et·ha·šab·bāt} ‘the Sabbath’, marked by the direct-object marker et. English syntax reorders elements for clarity while preserving the accusatory progression from historical example to present culpability.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–tav
“to cease; rest”
In context — Nehemiah 13:18
Is it not thus that your fathers acted, and our God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Yet you are adding wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:18:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ (ethashabat) 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.13.18.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W19.S1) and character.