Nehemiah 13:25:8Neh.13.25.W8TAB
וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם
vaashbieem
“and I made them swear”
- Transliteration
- va-ash-bi-EEM
- Extended
- vaa-ahsh-bih-EEM
- IPA
- /vaːʔaʃ.biˈʕeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I made them swear
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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-ash-bi-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ash-bi-EEM be-lo-HIM
- 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
Exegesis
The subsequent Piel in va’emartem {וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם | wā·’e·mar·têm} ‘and I pulled them out’ indicates public humiliation, followed by the Hiphil in va’ashbi’em {וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם | wā·’aš·bî·’êm} ‘and I made them swear,’ forming a binding oath.
The oath formula va’ashbi’em be’elohim {וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם בֵּֽאלֹהִ֗ים | wā·’aš·bî·’êm bē·’ĕ·lō·hîm} invokes God as the divine witness, underscoring the covenantal seriousness of the ban on intermarriage.
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 13:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:25, so the Hebrew word וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (vaashbieem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.25.W8.S1) and character.