1 Samuel 18:21:31 Sam.18.21.W3TAB
אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה
etnenna
“I will give her”
- Transliteration
- et-ne-NNA
- Extended
- eht-neh-NNAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.nəˈnːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will give her
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
et-ne-NNA
- phraseyour reading level
et-ne-NNA LO
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID bish-ta-YIM tit-kha-TTEN BI ha-YOM
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect first person ettennah {אֶתְּנֶנָּה | ʾet·te·ne·nāh} with lo {לוֹ | lō} marks the indirect object “to him.”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she shall be a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.” And Saul said to David, “Today you shall become my son-in-law for a second time.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:21, so the Hebrew word אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה (etnenna) 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.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W3.S1) and character.