Nehemiah 13:2:8Neh.13.2.W8TAB
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר
vayiskor
“and he hired”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-KOR
- Extended
- vah-yihs-KOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈkoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hired
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-KOR a-LAV ET-bil-AM
- 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
The narrative shifts with the vav-consecutive wayyiškôr {וַיִּשְׂכֹּר | wayyiškôr} ‘and he hired’, marking the transition to the apodosis.
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 13:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר (vayiskor) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.2.W8.S1) and character.