Nehemiah 13:30:1Neh.13.30.W1TAB
וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים
vetihartim
“and I cleansed them”
- Transliteration
- ve-ti-HAR-tim
- Extended
- veh-tih-HAHR-tihm
- IPA
- /vəṭiˈhartim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I cleansed them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ti-HAR-tim
- clause
ve-ti-HAR-tim mi-KAL-ne-KHAR
- sentence
ve-ti-HAR-tim mi-KAL-ne-KHAR va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to
Exegesis
The narrative opens with sequential vav-consecutive verbs, vetihartim {וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים | vê-ti-ḥär-tîm} ‘and I purified them’ followed by vaa’amidah {וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה | wā-ʾă-ʿămî-dāh} ‘and I appointed’.
Root and etymology
ט־ה־ר
“to be clean”
In context — Nehemiah 13:30
And I purified them from all foreignness, and I appointed watches for the priests and for the Levites, each man in his task .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:30, so the Hebrew word וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים (vetihartim) 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.13.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.30.W1.S1) and character.