Nehemiah 13:27:12Neh.13.27.W12TAB
נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃
nakhriyot
“foreign”
- Transliteration
- na-khri-YOT
- Extended
- naa-khrih-YOHT
- IPA
- /naːχrɪjˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
na-khri-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
na-SHIM na-khri-YOT
- clause
le-ho-SHIV na-SHIM na-khri-YOT
- sentence
ve-la-KHEM ha-nish-MA la-a-SOT ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT lim-OL be-lo-HEI-nu le-ho-SHIV na-SHIM na-khri-YOT
Exegesis
The parallel infinitives limaol {לִמְעֹל | lim-ʿōl} ‘to act unfaithfully’ and lehoshiv {לְהֹשִׁיב | le-hō-šîv} ‘to bring in’ link covenant breach to the entry of nashim {נָשִׁים | nā-shîm} ‘women’ modified by nokhriyot {נָכְרִיּוֹת | no-khri-yōt} ‘foreign’.
Root and etymology
nun-kaph-reshnun–kaph–resh
“foreign, stranger”
In context — Nehemiah 13:27
Is it to be heard of you that you are doing all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by bringing in foreign women ?
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Nehemiah 13:27, so the Hebrew word נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ (nakhriyot) 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.13.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.27.W12.S1) and character.