Deuteronomy 21:23:17Deut.21.23.W17TAB
נֹתֵ֥ן
noten
“gives”
- Transliteration
- no-TEN
- Extended
- noh-TEHN
- IPA
- /noˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- gives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
no-TEN le-KHA
- clause
ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-ma-TE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA
- sentence
lo-ta-LIN niv-la-TO al-ha-ETS ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu ba-YOM ha-HU ki-kil-LAT e-lo-HIM ta-LUI ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-ma-TE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA
Exegesis
Finally, the Qal active participle noten lekha{נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ | nō-tên lə-kā} ‘is giving you’ introduces the covenant blessing of nachalah{נַחֲלָֽה | na-ḥă-lāh} ‘inheritance’. Hebrew syntax thus intertwines legal command, theological justification, and covenant promise.
Root and etymology
Rootn-t-n
“to give, grant”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:23
You shall not leave his corpse overnight upon the tree, but you must surely bury him that same day, for the one who is hanged is cursed by God; and you shall not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 21:23, so the Hebrew word נֹתֵ֥ן (noten) 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 Deut.21.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.23.W17.S1) and character.