Nehemiah 13:20:1Neh.13.20.W1TAB

וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ

vayalinu

and they lodged

Transliteration
va-ya-LI-nu
Extended
vah-yah-LIH-noo
IPA
/vaj.jaˈliː.nuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they lodged

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + לִ֨י + נוּ
va + ya + li + nu
vayalinu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-LI-nu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-LI-nu ha-ro-khe-LIM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-LI-nu ha-ro-khe-LIM u-mokh-RE khol-mim-KAR mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim PA-am u-she-TA-yim

Exegesis

The verse opens with the narrative vav consecutive vayalinu {וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ | va-ya-lî-nû} linking this action to the preceding context.

In contextNehemiah 13:20

The merchants and sellers of all merchandise lodged outside Jerusalem once and twice.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ (vayalinu) 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.13.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.20.W1.S1) and character.