Ezekiel 16:34:10Ezek.16.34.W10TAB
וְאֶתְנַ֛ן
veetnan
“and a payment”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-NAN
- Extended
- veh-eht-NAAN
- IPA
- /vəʔɛtˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a payment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-et-NAN
- clause
u-ve-tit-TEKH et-NAN ve-et-NAN LO nit-TAN-LAKH va-te-HI le-HE-fekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA u-ve-tit-TEKH et-NAN ve-et-NAN LO nit-TAN-LAKH va-te-HI le-HE-fekh
Exegesis
The sequence u-be-tittekh etnan ve-etnan lo nittan-lakh {וּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְ אֶתְנָ֗ן וְאֶתְנַ֛ן לֹ֥א נִתַּן־לָ֖ךְ | û-ḇə-ti-ttēḵ ʾet-nān wə-ʾet-nan lōʾ nit-tan-lāḵ} juxtaposes giving and receiving to highlight inversion.
Root and etymology
ʾ-t-naleph–tav–nun
“wages, payment”
In context — Ezekiel 16:34
And in you there was a reversal from other women in your harlotries : no one sought you out to play the harlot, and in your giving payment, payment was not given to you—so you became a reversal .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:34, so the Hebrew word וְאֶתְנַ֛ן (veetnan) 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 Ezek.16.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.34.W10.S1) and character.