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

Result
וּ + בְ + נֵי + הֶ֗ם
u + ve + ne + hem
uvenehem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-ve-ne-HEM

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextNehemiah 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.