Nehemiah 13:7:8Neh.13.7.W8TAB

לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה

letoviya

for Tobiah

Transliteration
le-to-vi-YA
Extended
leh-toh-vih-YAA
IPA
/lətˤoː.viˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
for Tobiah

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Result
לְ + ט֣וֹ + בִ + יָּ֔ה
le + to + vi + ya
letoviya

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-to-vi-YA

  2. 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

  3. 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 prepositional phrase bā-rā‘āh {בָרָעָה | bā-rā‘āh} ‘concerning the evil’ functions as the object of understanding, with ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ launching the relative clause specifying ’ĕl-yāšîḇ’s {אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ’ĕl-yāšîḇ} action on behalf of Tôbîyāh {לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה | lə-ṭōḇîyāh}.

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 13:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה (letoviya) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W8.S1) and character.