Nehemiah 13:2:12Neh.13.2.W12TAB
וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ
vayahafokh
“but he turned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ha-FOKH
- Extended
- vah-yah-hah-FOKH
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.hăˈfoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- but he turned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-ha-FOKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ha-FOKH e-lo-HEI-nu
- clause
va-yis-KOR a-LAV ET-bil-AM le-kal-LO va-ya-ha-FOKH e-lo-HEI-nu hak-ke-la-LA liv-ra-KHA
- sentence
KI LO kid-DE-MU ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL bal-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim va-yis-KOR a-LAV ET-bil-AM le-kal-LO va-ya-ha-FOKH e-lo-HEI-nu hak-ke-la-LA liv-ra-KHA
Exegesis
In the following vav-consecutive clause, wayyaḥăpōx {וַיַּהֲפֹךְ | wayyaḥăpōx} ‘and he turned’ identifies ʾĕlohêynû {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕlohêynû} ‘our God’ as the agent effecting reversal. This chiastic structure between curse and blessing reinforces the theme of divine restoration.
In context — Nehemiah 13:2
Because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam to curse them, yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Nehemiah 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ (vayahafokh) 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.13.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.2.W12.S1) and character.