נָתַ֗תִּי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נָתַ֗תִּי

   na-TAT-ti

   I have put
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי

   dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti

   your way upon {the} head I have put
3. clause🔊 וְגַם־אֲנִ֨י הֵ֜א דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלֹ֤א עשיתי עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃

   ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh

   and also I behold your way upon {the} head I have put utterance of Lord LORD and not I have done you have done {direct object} the lewdness upon or in addition to all your abominations
4. sentence🔊 יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־זכרתי זָכַרְתְּ֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ וַתִּרְגְּזִי־לִ֖י בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְגַם־אֲנִ֨י הֵ֜א דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלֹ֤א עשיתי עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃

   YA-an a-SHER LO-z-khar-TI za-KHART et-ye-ME ne-u-ra-YIKH va-tir-ge-ZI-li be-KHOL-E-le ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh

   because that you did not remember me you remembered {direct object} days of your youth and you enraged me with all these and also I behold your way upon {the} head I have put utterance of Lord LORD and not I have done you have done {direct object} the lewdness upon or in addition to all your abominations

Exegesis

The interjection he {הֵ֜א | hē} ‘behold’ introduces the prophetic announcement where the idiom darkekh be-rosh natatti {דַּרְכֵּךְ בְּרֹאשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי | darkêḵ bə-rōʾš nāṯattî} ‘I have set your way upon your head’ signals retributive justice.

Root and etymology

n-t-n🔊 נ־ת־ןnun–tav–nun

“to give”

• 🔊 נָתַןnatanhe gaveGenesis 3:12