Genesis 14:21:4Gen.14.21.W4TAB
תֶּן־לִ֣י
tenli
“give me”
- Transliteration
- ten-LI
- Extended
- tehn-LEE
- IPA
- /tɛn.ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- give me
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ten-LI
- phraseyour reading level
ten-LI ha-NE-fesh
- clause
ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-lekh-se-DOM el-av-RAM ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
Exegesis
Within the quoted speech, two imperatives structure a negotiation: ten {תֶּן | ten} ‘give’ and kakh {קַח | qaḥ} ‘take’.
The first imperative governs the pronominal complement li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’, followed by the object hanefesh {הַנֶּפֶשׁ | hannep̄eš} which, though singular in form, functions collectively as ‘the persons’ or ‘the people’, likely referring to recovered captives.
In context — Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people , and take the possessions for yourself.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:21, so the Hebrew word תֶּן־לִ֣י (tenli) 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 Gen.14.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.21.W4.S1) and character.