Nehemiah 13:24:2Neh.13.24.W2TAB
חֲצִי֙
khatsi
“half of”
- Transliteration
- kha-TSI
- Extended
- khah-TSIH
- IPA
- /ħăˈtsi/
Meaning by language
- English
- half of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-TSI
- 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
This is followed by the quantifier chatzi {חֲצִי | ḥă-ṣî} ‘half’, which modifies the Piel participle medabber {מְדַבֵּר | mə-ḏab-bēr} ‘speaking’, forming a participial clause that conveys habitual action.
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 13:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word חֲצִי֙ (khatsi) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W2.S1) and character.