Nehemiah 13:7:3Neh.13.7.W3TAB

וָאָבִ֣ינָה

vaavina

and I understood or perceived

Transliteration
va-a-vi-NA
Extended
vaa-ah-vih-NAA
IPA
/vaː.ʔa.viˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
and I understood or perceived

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Result
וָ + אָ + בִ֣י + נָה
va + a + vi + na
vaavina

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-vi-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A

  3. clause

    va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The Hifil imperfect vaʼābīnāh {וָאָבִ֣ינָה | wāʾābīnāh} ‘and I learned’ introduces Nehemiah’s realization.

In contextNehemiah 13:7

And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word וָאָבִ֣ינָה (vaavina) 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.13.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W3.S1) and character.