Exodus 16:3:17Exod.16.3.W17TAB

אֹתָ֙נוּ֙

otanoo

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Transliteration
o-TA-noo
Extended
oh-TAA-noo
IPA
/ʔoˈtaː.nuː/

Meaning by language

English
us

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Result
אֹ + תָ֙ + נוּ֙
o + ta + noo
otanoo

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-TA-noo

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo

  3. clause

    ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

  4. sentence

    va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

In contextExodus 16:3

And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ (otanoo) 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 Exod.16.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W17.S1) and character.