Nehemiah 13:25:15Neh.13.25.W15TAB
לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם
livnekhem
“for your sons”
- Transliteration
- liv-ne-KHEM
- Extended
- lihv-neh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /liv.neːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
liv-ne-KHEM
- clause
va-ash-bi-EEM be-lo-HIM im-tit-NU ve-no-TE-khem liv-ne-HEM ve-im-tis-U mib-be-no-te-HEM liv-ne-KHEM ve-la-KHEM
- sentence
va-A-riv i-MAM va-a-kal-LEM va-a-KKE me-HEM a-na-SHIM va-em-re-TEM va-ash-bi-EEM be-lo-HIM im-tit-NU ve-no-TE-khem liv-ne-HEM ve-im-tis-U mib-be-no-te-HEM liv-ne-KHEM ve-la-KHEM
In context — Nehemiah 13:25
And I contended with them and cursed them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair , and made them swear by God , “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.”
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:25:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Nehemiah 13:25, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם (livnekhem) 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.13.25.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.25.W15.S1) and character.