2 Chronicles 21:3:42 Chr.21.3.W4TAB
מַתָּנ֨וֹת
matanot
“gifts”
- Transliteration
- ma-ta-NOT
- Extended
- mah-tah-NOHT
- IPA
- /mat.taːˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- gifts
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-ta-NOT
- phraseyour reading level
ma-ta-NOT ra-BOT
- clause
va-yit-TEN la-HEM a-vi-HEM ma-ta-NOT ra-BOT le-KHE-sef u-le-za-HAV u-le-mig-da-NOT im-a-RE me-tsu-ROT bi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yit-TEN la-HEM a-vi-HEM ma-ta-NOT ra-BOT le-KHE-sef u-le-za-HAV u-le-mig-da-NOT im-a-RE me-tsu-ROT bi-ye-hu-DA ve-et-ha-mam-la-KHA na-TAN li-yo-RAM ki-HU ha-be-KHOR
Exegesis
The noun phrase matanot rabbot {מַתָּנ֨וֹת רַבּ֜וֹת | maṯṭānôt rabbôṯ} ‘many gifts’ is expanded by the distributive series lekesef ulezahav ulemigdannot {לְכֶסֶף וּלְזָהָב וּלְמִגְדָּנוֹת | ləḵeseph ûləzāhāḇ ûləmiġdānōṯ} ‘for silver, for gold, and for valuables’.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:3
Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuables, along with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 21:3, so the Hebrew word מַתָּנ֨וֹת (matanot) 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 2 Chr.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.3.W4.S1) and character.