Nehemiah 13:28:7Neh.13.28.W7TAB

לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט

lesanballat

to Sanballat

Transliteration
le-san-bal-LAT
Extended
leh-sahn-bal-LAHT
IPA
/lə.san.balˈlat/

Meaning by language

English
to Sanballat

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Result
לְ + סַנְ + בַל + לַּ֣ט
le + san + bal + lat
lesanballat

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-san-bal-LAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI

  3. clause

    u-mib-be-NE yo-ya-DA ben-e-lya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL kha-TAN le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI

  4. sentence

    u-mib-be-NE yo-ya-DA ben-e-lya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL kha-TAN le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI va-av-ri-KHE-hu me-a-LAI

Exegesis

The noun chatan le-Sanballat {חָתָ֖ן לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט | ḥā-ṭān lə-san-bal-lat} indicates a marriage alliance, and the Hiphil verb va-avrichehu {וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ | wā-ʾaḇ-rî-ḥê-hû} expresses causative expulsion.

In contextNehemiah 13:28

And one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest , was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Nehemiah 13:28, so the Hebrew word לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט (lesanballat) 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.13.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.28.W7.S1) and character.