Nehemiah 13:24:1Neh.13.24.W1TAB
וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם
uvenehem
“and their sons”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-ne-HEM
- Extended
- oo-veh-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /uvəneːˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-ne-HEM
- clause
u-ve-ne-HEM kha-TSI me-da-BER ash-do-DIT ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM le-da-BER ye-hu-DIT
- sentence
u-ve-ne-HEM kha-TSI me-da-BER ash-do-DIT ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM le-da-BER ye-hu-DIT ve-khil-SHON AM va-AM
Exegesis
The structure begins with uvenehem {וּבְנֵיהֶם | ū-ḇə-nê-hēm} ‘and their children’, marked by the vav-conjunction indicating narrative continuation.
In context — Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke Ashdodite , and they did not know how to speak Judean, but according to the language of each people .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם (uvenehem) 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.13.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W1.S1) and character.