1 Samuel 18:17:91 Sam.18.17.W9TAB
אֶתֶּן־לְךָ֣
etenlekha
“I will give to you”
- Transliteration
- e-TEN-le-KHA
- Extended
- eh-TEN-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈtɛn.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will give to you
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-TEN-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-UL a-MAR al-te-HI ya-DI BO u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The promise etten-lekha {אֶתֶּן־לְךָ֣ | ’et-ten-lə-kā} ‘I will give to you’ uses the Qal imperfect to convey forward action.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, “Behold, my eldest daughter Merab, I will give you as a wife; only be a son of valor for me and fight the battles of the LORD .” And Saul said, “Do not be my hand against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֶתֶּן־לְךָ֣ (etenlekha) 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.18.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.17.W9.S1) and character.