Nehemiah 13:23:4Neh.13.23.W4TAB
רָאִ֤יתִי
raiti
“I saw”
- Transliteration
- ra-I-TI
- Extended
- raa-IH-TEE
- IPA
- /raːˈʔiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ra-I-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ra-I-TI et-ha-ye-hu-DIM
- sentence
GAM ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ra-I-TI et-ha-ye-hu-DIM ho-shi-VU na-SHIM a-she-do-DI-yot ash-de-do-DI-yot a-mo-NI-yot am-mo-NI-yot mo-a-vi-YOT
Exegesis
The verb raʾiti {רָאִ֤יתִי | rā-ʾî-tî} ‘I saw’ marks Nehemiah’s first person testimony, with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introducing hayehudim {הַיְּהוּדִים | ha-ye-hû-dîm} ‘the Jews’.
In context — Nehemiah 13:23
Also, in those days, I saw the Jews who had married Ashdodite , Ammonite, and Moabite women.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Nehemiah 13:23, so the Hebrew word רָאִ֤יתִי (raiti) 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.13.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.23.W4.S1) and character.