Nehemiah 13:25:3Neh.13.25.W3TAB
וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם
vaakallem
“and I cursed them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-kal-LEM
- Extended
- vaa-ah-kahl-LEEM
- IPA
- /vaːʔăqalˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I cursed them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-kal-LEM
- clause
va-A-riv i-MAM va-a-kal-LEM va-a-KKE me-HEM a-na-SHIM va-em-re-TEM
- 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
Exegesis
The verse opens with a succession of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—va’ariv {וָאָרִ֤יב | wā·’ā·riḇ} ‘and I contended’, va’akallelem {וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם | wā·’a·qal·lē·lêm} ‘and I cursed them’, va’akke {וָאַכֶּ֥ה | wā·’a·kê} ‘and I struck’—highlighting Nehemiah’s escalating response from verbal rebuke to physical punishment.
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 13:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:25, so the Hebrew word וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (vaakallem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.25.W3.S1) and character.