1 Samuel 13:3:21 Sam.13.3.W2TAB
יוֹנָתָ֗ן
yonatan
“Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- yo-na-TAN
- Extended
- yoh-nah-TAAN
- IPA
- /joːnaːˈtɑn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yo-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN
- clause
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim
- sentence
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
Exegesis
The verb’s subject yōnāṯān {יוֹנָתָן | yōnāṯān} ‘Jonathan’ immediately follows, and the direct object marker ʾēṯ {אֵת | ʾēṯ} signals the object nᵉṣîḇ pᵉlišᵗîm {נְצִיב פְּלִשְׁתִּים | nᵉṣîḇ pᵉlišᵗîm} ‘Philistine garrison’.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“YHWH has given”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:3
And Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:3, so the Hebrew word יוֹנָתָ֗ן (yonatan) 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 Sam.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.3.W2.S1) and character.