Genesis 16:3:14Gen.16.3.W14TAB

וַתִּתֵּ֥ן

vatitten

{And} she gave

Transliteration
va-tit-TEN
Extended
vah-tit-TEHN
IPA
/wat.tit.ˈteːn/

Meaning by language

English
{And} she gave

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Result
וַ + תִּת + תֵּ֥ן
va + tit + ten
vatitten

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tit-TEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tit-TEN o-TAH

  3. clause

    va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-tik-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mik-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHA

Exegesis

The verse employs a pair of wayyiqtol verbs—vatikach {וַתִּקַּ֞ח | wat-ti-qaḥ} “and she took” and vatiten {וַתִּתֵּ֥ן | wat-tit-tēn} “and she gave”—to frame Sarai’s actions.

In contextGenesis 16:3

So Sarai, Abram’s wife, after ten years had passed since Abram had settled in the land of Canaan, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant , and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife .

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַתִּתֵּ֥ן (vatitten) 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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W14.S1) and character.