Nehemiah 13:18:5Neh.13.18.W5TAB
וַיָּבֵ֨א
vayave
“and he brought”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VE
- Extended
- vah-yah-VEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈveːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-VE
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu
- clause
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
- 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
A Vav-consecutive clause with vayyave {וַיָּבֵא | way·yā·ḇē} ‘and he brought’ introduces Eloheinu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nû} ‘our God’ as the agent, followed by aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nû} ‘upon us’ and ve’al ha‘ir hazot {וְעַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | wə·‘al hā·‘îr ha·zō·ṯ} ‘and upon this city’.
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 13:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבֵ֨א (vayave) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W5.S1) and character.