1 Samuel 18:8:91 Sam.18.8.W9TAB
נָתְנ֤וּ
natenu
“they gave”
- Transliteration
- na-te-NU
- Extended
- naa-teh-NOO
- IPA
- /naːθəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they gave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
na-te-NU
- phraseyour reading level
na-te-NU le-da-VID
- clause
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive way-yō-mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces parallel clauses: nā-tə-nû lə-dā-vīd rə-ḇā-vōṯ {נָתְנוּ לְדָוִד רְבָבוֹת | nā-tə-nû lə-dā-vīd rə-ḇā-vōṯ} ‘they have given to David tens of thousands’ contrasted with wə-lî nā-tə-nû hā-’ă-lā-p̄îm {וְלִ֥י נָתְנ֖וּ הָאֲלָפִ֑ים | wə-lî nā-tə-nû hā-’ă-lā-p̄îm} ‘and to me they have given the thousands’.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:8
And Saul was exceedingly angry, and this matter deeply displeased him. He said, “They have given to David tens of thousands, and to me only thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word נָתְנ֤וּ (natenu) 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.18.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W9.S1) and character.