1 Kings 21:4:121 Kgs.21.4.W12TAB
לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן
loeten
“I will not give”
- Transliteration
- lo-e-TEN
- Extended
- loh-eh-TEEN
- IPA
- /loː.ʔɛtˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will not give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-e-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
lo-e-TEN le-KHA
- clause
va-BO akh-AV el-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF al-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER e-LAV na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-YO-mer lo-e-TEN le-KHA et-na-kha-LAT a-vo-TAI
- sentence
va-BO akh-AV el-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF al-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER e-LAV na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-YO-mer lo-e-TEN le-KHA et-na-kha-LAT a-vo-TAI va-yish-KAV al-mi-TA-to va-ya-SEV et-pa-NAV ve-lo-A-khal LA-khem
Exegesis
The direct speech lo-etten le-kha et-nachalat avotai {לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֣ת אֲבוֹתָ֑י | lōʾ-ʾeṯtēn le-kha ʾet-naḥălāt ʾăbōtāyw} preserves the Hebrew imperfect for refusal.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give, grant”
In context — 1 Kings 21:4
Ahab returned to his house sullen and angry over the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers .” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and did not eat bread .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 21:4, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן (loeten) 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 Kgs.21.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.4.W12.S1) and character.