1 Samuel 17:44:61 Sam.17.44.W6TAB
וְאֶתְּנָה֙
veettena
“and I will give”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-te-NA
- Extended
- veh-eht-teh-NAA
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.təˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-et-te-NA
- clause
le-KHA e-LAI ve-et-te-NA et-be-sa-re-KHA le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-pe-lish-TI el-da-VID le-KHA e-LAI ve-et-te-NA et-be-sa-re-KHA le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
The verb veetnah {וְאֶתְּנָה | wə-ʾet-tə-nāh} ‘and I will give’ again uses vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect to express a menacing promise.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:44
And the Philistine said to David, “Draw near to me, and I will consign your flesh to the carrion birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the field.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:44, so the Hebrew word וְאֶתְּנָה֙ (veettena) 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.17.44.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.44.W6.S1) and character.