Nehemiah 13:24:5Neh.13.24.W5TAB
וְאֵינָ֥ם
veenam
“and they were not”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-NAM
- Extended
- veh-eh-NAAM
- IPA
- /vəʔeːˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-NAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-NAM ma-ki-RIM
- 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 negative circumstantial clause uses ve-einam + makirim + ledabber yehudit {וְאֵינָם מַכִּירִים לְדַבֵּר יְהוּדִית | wə-ʾê-nām ma-kkî-rîm lə-ḏab-bēr yə-ḥu-ḏît} ‘and they are not able to speak Judean’, where the Hifil participle conveys ability and the infinitive functions as its complement.
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 13:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word וְאֵינָ֥ם (veenam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W5.S1) and character.