2 Chronicles 8:9:42 Chr.8.9.W4TAB
לֹא־נָתַ֧ן
lonatan
“he did not give”
- Transliteration
- lo-na-TAN
- Extended
- loh-nah-TAN
- IPA
- /loː.naˈθan/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did not give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO
- clause
u-min-be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO la-a-va-DIM lim-la-akh-TO
- sentence
u-min-be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO la-a-va-DIM lim-la-akh-TO ki-HE-ma an-SHEI mil-kha-MA ve-sa-REI sha-li-SHAV ve-sa-REI rikh-BO u-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The head noun yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl} is qualified by the relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who/that’ + lo-natan {לֹא־נָתַן | lō-nāṯan} ‘did not give’, which frames Solomon’s policy negatively (he did not “hand over” Israelites into this labor category).
Root and etymology
Rootnun–tav–nun
“to give”
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:9
But from the Israelites, Solomon did not give any as slaves for his work; for they were men of war , and the officers of his captains , and the officers of his chariotry, and his horsemen.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 8:9, so the Hebrew word לֹא־נָתַ֧ן (lonatan) 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.8.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.9.W4.S1) and character.