Ezekiel 18:16:12Ezek.18.16.W12TAB
נָתָ֔ן
natan
“he gave”
- Transliteration
- na-TAN
- Extended
- naa-TAAN
- IPA
- /naːˈθaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he gave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ra-EV na-TAN
- clause
lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED
- sentence
ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED
Exegesis
The positive clause lachmo lera‘ev natan {لַחְמוֹ لְרָעֵב נָתָן | laḥ-mō lə-rā-ʿēḇ nā-ṯān}: ‘his bread to the hungry he gave’ uses a noun construct chain to indicate beneficiary action.
In context — Ezekiel 18:16
He has not oppressed any man, has not taken a pledge , nor committed robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with a garment.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 18:16, so the Hebrew word נָתָ֔ן (natan) 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.18.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.16.W12.S1) and character.