Nehemiah 13:3:2Neh.13.3.W2TAB
כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם
keshameam
“when they heard them”
- Transliteration
- ke-sha-me-AM
- Extended
- keh-shaa-meh-AAM
- IPA
- /kəʃɔmˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they heard them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-sha-me-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-sha-me-AM ET-ha-to-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-sha-me-AM ET-ha-to-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-sha-me-AM ET-ha-to-RA va-yav-di-LU KAL-e-rev mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The temporal clause kəšammāʿām {כְּשָׁמְעָם | kə-šām-ʿām} ‘as they heard’ immediately follows the proclamation of hatorah {הַתּוֹרָה | hattôrāh} ‘the law’.
In context — Nehemiah 13:3
And it happened, when they heard the law , that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:3, so the Hebrew word כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (keshameam) 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.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.3.W2.S1) and character.