Genesis 25:6:7Gen.25.6.W7TAB
מַתָּנֹ֑ת
mattanot
“gifts”
- Transliteration
- mat-ta-NOT
- Extended
- maht-tah-NOHT
- IPA
- /mat.ta.ˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- gifts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mat-ta-NOT
- clause
ve-liv-NEI ha-pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER le-av-ra-HAM na-TAN av-ra-HAM mat-ta-NOT
- sentence
ve-liv-NEI ha-pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER le-av-ra-HAM na-TAN av-ra-HAM mat-ta-NOT va-ye-shal-le-KHEM me-AL yits-KHAK be-NO be-o-DE-nu KHAI KED-ma el-E-rets KE-dem
Exegesis
The main verbal clause natan Avraham matanot {נָתַן אַבְרָהָם מַתָּנֹת | nā-ṯan ʾaḇ-rā-hām mat-tā-nōṯ} ‘Abraham gave gifts’ places the verb before the subject, a common Hebrew order, but repeats the proper name after the dative phrase to underscore Abraham’s personal initiative.
Root and etymology
n-t-nNun–Tav–Nun
“to give”
In context — Genesis 25:6
But to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts . Then he sent them away from his son Isaac while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 25:6, so the Hebrew word מַתָּנֹ֑ת (mattanot) 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.25.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.6.W7.S1) and character.