Nehemiah 13:30:8Neh.13.30.W8TAB
בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃
bimlakhetto
“in his work”
- Transliteration
- bim-la-KHET-to
- Extended
- bihm-lah-EKHET-toh
- IPA
- /bimlaʔxetˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bim-la-KHET-to
- phraseyour reading level
ISH bim-la-KHET-to
- 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 distributive ish bimelachto {אִישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ | ʾîš bi-məl-ʾā-ḵōw} ‘each man in his work’ distributes duties among individuals, rendered as a distributive phrase in English.
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 13:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:30, so the Hebrew word בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (bimlakhetto) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.30.W8.S1) and character.