Nehemiah 13:5:17Neh.13.5.W17TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
halveyim
“the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-ve-YIM
- Extended
- hahl-veh-YEEM
- IPA
- /hal.viˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-ve-YIM
- clause
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM u-te-ru-MAT ha-ko-ha-NIM
Exegesis
Finally, the construct chains miṣwāṯ hallĕwîyîm wə-haššôrôrîm wə-haššōʿārîm {מִצְוַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים | miṣwāṯ hallĕwîyîm wə-haššôrôrîm wə-haššōʿārîm} and u-tərūmāṯ hakkōhănîm {וּתְרוּמַ֖ת הַכֹּהֲנִֽים | u-tərūmāṯ hakkōhănîm} specify allocations for Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and priests, reflecting the distributive precision of the Hebrew legal framework.
Root and etymology
ל־ו־י
“joined, attached”
In context — Nehemiah 13:5
And he made for him a large chamber , and there they formerly laid the grain offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of grain, the new wine, and the oil—the allotted share for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the contribution for the priests.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (halveyim) 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.13.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W17.S1) and character.