Nehemiah 13:21:10Neh.13.21.W10TAB
אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ
imtishanu
“if you repeat or if you do again”
- Transliteration
- im-ti-sha-NU
- Extended
- ihm-tih-shah-NOO
- IPA
- /ʔim.tiʃəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you repeat or if you do again
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ti-sha-NU
- clause
va-a-I-da va-HEM va-o-me-RA a-le-HEM mad-DU-a a-TEM le-NIM NE-ged ha-kho-MA im-ti-sha-NU YAD e-she-LAKH ba-KHEM
- sentence
va-a-I-da va-HEM va-o-me-RA a-le-HEM mad-DU-a a-TEM le-NIM NE-ged ha-kho-MA im-ti-sha-NU YAD e-she-LAKH ba-KHEM min-ha-ET ha-HI lo-va-U ba-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The conditional im-tishnu {אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ | ʾim-tiš-nû} ‘if you do again’ sets the terms of a warning.
In context — Nehemiah 13:21
And I warned them and said to them, “Why are you lodging opposite the wall? If you do this again, I will send a hand against you.” From that time they did not come on the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Nehemiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ (imtishanu) 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.13.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.21.W10.S1) and character.