1 Samuel 18:3:21 Sam.18.3.W2TAB
יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן
yehonatan
“Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-na-TAN
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-nah-TAAN
- IPA
- /jəhoːnaːˈtɑːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ye-ho-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-na-TAN
- clause
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-na-TAN ve-da-VID be-RIT
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-na-TAN ve-da-VID be-RIT be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO ke-naf-SHO
Exegesis
The verse uses the vav-consecutive verb vayikrot {וַיִּכְרֹת | va-yi-krôt} ‘and he made/cut’ to present a narrative action, naming Yehonatan {יְהוֹנָתָן | Yə-hō-nā-tān} ‘Jonathan’ and veDavid {וְדָוִד | wə-dā-wīd} ‘David’ as participants in berit {בְּרִית | bə-rı̂t} ‘covenant’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–tav–nun
“to give, to permit”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because of his love for him as his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 18:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן (yehonatan) 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.18.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.3.W2.S1) and character.