Nehemiah 13:5:19Neh.13.5.W19TAB

וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים

vehashoarim

“and the gatekeepers”

Transliteration: ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
Extended: veh-hah-shoh-ah-REEM
IPA: /vəhaʃ.ʃoːʕăˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English: and the gatekeepers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הַ + שֹּׁ + עֲ + רִ֑ים

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ve + ha + sho + a + rim

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vehashoarim

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Hateph Patach	reduced 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
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

ש־ע־ר

“gate, opening”

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 13:5:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (vehashoarim) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W19.S1) and character.

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