Ezekiel 16:34:9Ezek.16.34.W9TAB
אֶתְנָ֗ן
etnan
“a payment or a prostitute's fee”
- Transliteration
- et-NAN
- Extended
- eht-NAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a payment or a prostitute's fee
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-NAN
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-tit-TEKH 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 16:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:34, so the Hebrew word אֶתְנָ֗ן (etnan) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.34.W9.S1) and character.