Nehemiah 13:24:9Neh.13.24.W9TAB
וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן
vekhilshon
“but according to the tongue of”
- Transliteration
- ve-khil-SHON
- Extended
- veh-khihl-SHOHN
- IPA
- /vəxilˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- but according to the tongue of
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khil-SHON
- clause
ve-khil-SHON AM va-AM
- 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 coordinating clause ve-khilshon am va-am {וְכִלְשׁוֹן עַם וָעָם | wə-ki-lə-šōn ʿam wā-ʿām} employs a Merism ‘people and peoples’ to denote diversity, with khilshon ‘like a language’ governing the distributive phrase. This progression underscores the sociolinguistic divide between insider and outsider speech.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–lamed–lamed
“all, every”
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 13:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:24, so the Hebrew word וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן (vekhilshon) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.24.W9.S1) and character.