1 Chronicles 21:16:31 Chr.21.16.W3TAB
אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו
etenaiv
“{direct object marker} his eyes”
- Transliteration
- et-E-NAI-v
- Extended
- eht-EE-NAA-yv
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕeːˈnaːjw/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} his eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
et-E-NAI-v
- clause
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yi-POL da-VID ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM me-khu-SIM ba-sak-KIM al-pe-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks definiteness for ʿênāyw {עֵינָיו | ʿênāyw} ‘his eyes’ and malʾāḳ {מַלְאַךְ | malʾāḵ} ‘angel.’
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו (etenaiv) 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 1 Chr.21.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.16.W3.S1) and character.