Nehemiah 13:6:9Neh.13.6.W9TAB
לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא
leartekhasaste
“to Artaxerxes”
- Transliteration
- le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te
- Extended
- leh-ar-teh-khah-SAH-seh-teh
- IPA
- /ləʔar.təħ.ʃaːˈsaːθəʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Artaxerxes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te
- phraseyour reading level
le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel
- clause
KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL-ZE LO ha-YI-ti bi-ru-sha-LIM KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct chain leArtakhshasta melech-bavel {לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | lə-ʾar-taḥ-šəṯ-tā me-leḵ bā-vel} specifies the Persian king’s regnal context.
In context — Nehemiah 13:6
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and at the end of a few days I asked leave from the king.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא (leartekhasaste) 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.13.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.6.W9.S1) and character.