Nehemiah 13:27:2Neh.13.27.W2TAB
הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע
hanishma
“shall it be heard”
- Transliteration
- ha-nish-MA
- Extended
- hah-nihs-MA
- IPA
- /hanɪʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall it be heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ha-nish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-KHEM ha-nish-MA
- clause
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
- 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 interrogative prefix in hanishma {הֲנִשְׁמַע | han-nîš-maʿ} ‘shall it be heard?’
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 13:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:27, so the Hebrew word הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע (hanishma) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.27.W2.S1) and character.