Deuteronomy 23:18:2Deut.23.18.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:19
אֶתְנַן
etnan
“the fee”
- Transliteration
- et-NAN
- Extended
- et-NAHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈnan/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fee
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-NAN
- sentence
lo-ta-VI et-NAN zo-NA u-me-KHIR ke-LEV beit Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-KHOL-NE-der KI to-a-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha GAM-she-NE-hem
Exegesis
Two coordinated objects, etnan zonah {אֶתְנַן זוֹנָה | ʾetnān zônāh} and umechir kelev {וּמְחִיר כֶּלֶב | umeḥîr kelev}, specify illicit payments.
Root and etymology
t-n-ntav–nun–nun
“to hire, to pay”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow , because both are an abomination to the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 23:18, so the Hebrew word אֶתְנַן (etnan) 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.23.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.18.W2.S1) and character.