Nehemiah 13:8:1Neh.13.8.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥רַֽע
vayera
“and it was displeasing”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was displeasing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA LI
- clause
va-ye-RA LI me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-RA LI me-OD va-ash-li-KHA et-KAL-ke-LE vet-to-vi-YA ha-KHUTS min-ha-lish-KA
Exegesis
The initial vav-consecutive verb vayera {וַיֵּרַע | wayyērāʿ} ‘it was evil’ introduces a narrative pivot into Nehemiah’s emotional response, with the prepositional phrase li {לִי | li} ‘to me’ and the intensifier meod {מְאֹד | məʾôḏ} ‘very’ foregrounding personal distress.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–ayin
“bad, evil”
In context — Nehemiah 13:8
I was very displeased, and I threw out all the household goods of Tobiah outside the chamber.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥רַֽע (vayera) 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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.8.W1.S1) and character.