1 Kings 21:6:181 Kgs.21.6.W18TAB
לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן
loetten
“not will I give”
- Transliteration
- lo-et-TEN
- Extended
- loh-eht-TEEN
- IPA
- /loː.ʔɛtˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- not will I 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-et-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
lo-et-TEN le-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI
Exegesis
The refusal is marked by lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ preceding eten {אֶתֵּן | ʾet-tēn} ‘I will give’, delivering a clear denial. English preserves the alternating sequence of command, conditional offer, and refusal to mirror the Hebrew structure.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give, grant”
In context — 1 Kings 21:6
And he spoke to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in its place’; but he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן (loetten) 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.21.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.6.W18.S1) and character.