Nehemiah 13:27:9Neh.13.27.W9TAB
בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
beloheinu
“against our God”
- Transliteration
- be-lo-HEI-nu
- Extended
- beh-loh-HEE-noo
- IPA
- /beːloːˈheːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against our God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-lo-HEI-nu
- 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 phrase beeloheinu {בֵּאלֹהֵינוּ | bē-ʾĕ-lō-hê-î-nû} ‘against our God’ specifies the offended party. The succession of infinitives and objects builds cumulative emphasis on communal apostasy.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god”
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 13:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:27, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (beloheinu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.27.W9.S1) and character.