2 Kings 15:19:52 Kgs.15.19.W5TAB
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן
vayitten
“and gave”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-TEN
- Extended
- vah-yit-TEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jitˈtɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and gave
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM
- clause
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-ha-A-rets va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM le-PUL E-lef kik-KAR-ka-SEF
- sentence
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-ha-A-rets va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM le-PUL E-lef kik-KAR-ka-SEF lih-YOT ya-DAV it-TO le-ha-kha-ZIK ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive on wayyitten {וַיִּתֵּן | wayyitten} ‘and he gave’ shifts focus to Menahem’s tributary payment.
In context — 2 Kings 15:19
Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him, to support the kingdom in his hand.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (vayitten) 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 Kgs.15.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.19.W5.S1) and character.