Nehemiah 13:28:9Neh.13.28.W9TAB
וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ
vaavrikhehu
“and I drove him away”
- Transliteration
- va-av-ri-KHE-hu
- Extended
- vaa-av-ri-KHEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔav.riːˈħeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I drove him away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-av-ri-KHE-hu
- clause
va-av-ri-KHE-hu me-a-LAI
- 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 context — Nehemiah 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 13:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:28, so the Hebrew word וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ (vaavrikhehu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.28.W9.S1) and character.