Exodus 17:2:5Exod.17.2.W5TAB
תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ
tehnoolahnoo
“give us”
- Transliteration
- teh-NOO-lah-NOO
- Extended
- teh-NOO-lah-NOO
- IPA
- /təˈnuː.laˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- give us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
teh-NOO-lah-NOO
- phraseyour reading level
teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-mo-SHEH va-yom-ROO teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim ve-nish-TEH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-mo-SHEH va-yom-ROO teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim ve-nish-TEH va-YO-mer la-HEM mo-SHEH mah-te-ri-VOON im-ma-DEE mah-te-na-SOON et-yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent wayyiqtol vayyōmerū {וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-rû} ‘and they said’ introduces the imperative clause tenu-lanū {תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ | tə-nû-lā-nû} ‘give to us’, completed by mayim {מַ֖יִם | ma-yim} ‘water’ and the coordinated imperfect ve-nishteh {וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה | wə-niš-teh} ‘and we will drink’.
In context — Exodus 17:2
Then the people argued with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink.” Moses said to them, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 17:2, so the Hebrew word תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ (tehnoolahnoo) 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.17.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.2.W5.S1) and character.