Nehemiah 13:19:8Neh.13.19.W8TAB
וָאֹֽמְרָה֙
vaomra
“and I said”
- Transliteration
- va-om-RA
- Extended
- vaa-ohm-RAA
- IPA
- /vaʔomˈraː/
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The cohortative va'omrah {וָאֹמְרָה | vā-ʾom-rā} ‘and I said’ frames Nehemiah’s commands, and the Nifal imperfect vayisageru {וַיִּסָּגְרוּ | wa-yis-sā-ge-ru} ‘they were shut’ conveys passive closure.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Nehemiah 13:19
When evening shadows fell at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed, and I commanded that they must not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my young men at the gates, so that no burden would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:19, so the Hebrew word וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ (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.13.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.19.W8.S1) and character.