Nehemiah 13:30:3Neh.13.30.W3TAB
וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה
vaamida
“and I set up or appointed”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mi-DA
- Extended
- vaa-ah-mih-DAA
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaʕămiːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I set up or appointed
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-mi-DA
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT
- clause
va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to
- 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
y-d
“hand, strength”
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 13:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:30, so the Hebrew word וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה (vaamida) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.30.W3.S1) and character.