Nehemiah 13:21:7Neh.13.21.W7TAB
לֵנִים֙
lenim
“lodging or spending the night”
- Transliteration
- le-NIM
- Extended
- leh-NEEM
- IPA
- /leːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- lodging or spending the night
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-TEM le-NIM
- 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 participle lenim {לֵנִים֙ | lē-nîm} ‘are lodging’ conveys ongoing action that prompts the rebuke.
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 13:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Nehemiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word לֵנִים֙ (lenim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.21.W7.S1) and character.