Nehemiah 13:26:8Neh.13.26.W8TAB

לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה

lohaya

“there was not”

Transliteration: LO-ha-YA
Extended: LOH-haa-YAA
IPA: /loː.haːˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: there was not

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לֹֽא + הָ + יָ֨ה

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lo + ha + ya

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lohaya

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
LO-ha-YA
phraseyour reading level
u-va-go-YIM ha-ra-BIM LO-ha-YA ME-lekh
clause
ha-LO al-E-le kha-TA-she-lo-MO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL u-va-go-YIM ha-ra-BIM LO-ha-YA ME-lekh ka-MO-hu ve-a-HUV le-e-lo-HAV ha-YA va-yit-te-NE-hu e-lo-HIM ME-lekh al-KOL-yis-ra-EL
sentence
ha-LO al-E-le kha-TA-she-lo-MO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL u-va-go-YIM ha-ra-BIM LO-ha-YA ME-lekh ka-MO-hu ve-a-HUV le-e-lo-HAV ha-YA va-yit-te-NE-hu e-lo-HIM ME-lekh al-KOL-yis-ra-EL gam-o-TO he-khe-ti-U ha-na-SHIM ha-nokh-ri-YOT

In context — Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not because of these things that Solomon, king of Israel, sinned? And among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God ; and God made him king over all Israel, yet the foreign women caused him to sin.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:26, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה (lohaya) 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.13.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.26.W8.S1) and character.

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