Nehemiah 13:5:6Neh.13.5.W6TAB
הָי֪וּ
hayu
“they were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- haa-YOO
- IPA
- /haˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM
- 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
The clause wə-šām hâyû lə-pānîm nōṯnîm {וְשָׁ֣ם הָי֪וּ לְפָנִ֟ים נֹ֠תְנִים | wə-šām hâyû lə-pānîm nōṯnîm} combines an adverb and perfect participle to signal a past habitual routine.
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 13:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word הָי֪וּ (hayu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W6.S1) and character.