Nehemiah 13:20:5Neh.13.20.W5TAB
מִח֥וּץ
mikhuts
“outside”
- Transliteration
- mi-KHUTS
- Extended
- mih-KHOOTS
- IPA
- /miˈħuːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- outside
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-KHUTS
- phraseyour reading level
mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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 prepositional phrase mi-ḥūṣ {מִח֥וּץ | mi-ḥūṣ} + li-yerushalayim {לִירוּשָׁלָ֖ם | li-ye-rū-ša-lá-yim} delineates spatial separation from the city.
In context — Nehemiah 13:20
The merchants and sellers of all merchandise lodged outside Jerusalem once and twice.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:20, so the Hebrew word מִח֥וּץ (mikhuts) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.20.W5.S1) and character.