Exodus 39:16:8Exod.39.16.W8TAB
וֽ͏ַיִּתְּנ֗וּ
vayitnu
“{And} they placed”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-NU
- Extended
- vah-yit-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they placed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-NU
- clause
va-yit-NU et-she-TEY ha-tab-ba-OT al-she-NEY ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU she-TEY mish-be-TSOT za-HAV oo-she-TEY tab-OT za-HAV va-yit-NU et-she-TEY ha-tab-ba-OT al-she-NEY ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
Exegesis
The verb vayyitnu {וַיִּתְּנוּ | wayyiṯənû} ‘and they placed’ transitions to the result clause, using et {אֶת־ | ʾet} as the direct object marker.
In context — Exodus 39:16
And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and they placed the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 39:16, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיִּתְּנ֗וּ (vayitnu) 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.39.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.16.W8.S1) and character.