1 Samuel 18:19:81 Sam.18.19.W8TAB
נִתְּנָ֛ה
nittena
“was given”
- Transliteration
- nit-te-NA
- Extended
- niht-teh-NAA
- IPA
- /nit.təˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was given
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
nit-te-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HI nit-te-NA
- clause
ve-HI nit-te-NA le-ad-ri-EL ham-me-kho-la-TI le-i-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ET TET et-ME-rav bat-sha-UL le-da-VID ve-HI nit-te-NA le-ad-ri-EL ham-me-kho-la-TI le-i-SHA
Exegesis
A shift to completion is marked by the Niphal perfect nittānāh {נִתְּנָ֛ה | niṯṯānāh} ‘was given’ introduced by the resumptive ve-hi {וְהִ֧יא | wə-hiʾ} ‘and she’.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:19
And it came to pass at the time when Merab, daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, and she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:19, so the Hebrew word נִתְּנָ֛ה (nittena) 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.18.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.19.W8.S1) and character.