Exodus 21:4:2Exod.21.4.W2TAB
יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ
yitenlo
“gives to him”
- Transliteration
- yi-TEN-lo
- Extended
- yih-TENN-loh
- IPA
- /jitˈten.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- gives to him
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-TEN-lo
- phraseyour reading level
yi-TEN-lo i-SHAH veh-yal-DAH-loh ba-NIM
- clause
IM-a-do-NAIV yi-TEN-lo i-SHAH veh-yal-DAH-loh ba-NIM O ba-NOT
- sentence
IM-a-do-NAIV yi-TEN-lo i-SHAH veh-yal-DAH-loh ba-NIM O ba-NOT ha-i-SHAH vi-lah-DEH-hah ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah veh-HU ye-TSE ve-ga-PO
Exegesis
In the protasis, the term im-adonav {אִם־אֲדֹנָיו | ʾim-ʼă-ḏō-nāw} ‘if his master’ introduces the actor of the Qal imperfect yitten-lo {יִתֶּן־לוֹ | yit-ten-lō} ‘gives to him’, which governs the object isha {אִשָּׁה | ʾish-shāh} ‘wife’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–tav–nun
“to give”
In context — Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:4, so the Hebrew word יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ (yitenlo) 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.21.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.4.W2.S1) and character.