Genesis 26:21:8Gen.26.21.W8TAB
שִׂטְנָֽה׃
sitna
“Sitnah”
- Transliteration
- sit-NA
- Extended
- siht-NAA
- IPA
- /sit.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sitnah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sit-NA
- clause
va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
Exegesis
The result clause “so he named it Sitnah” ties the quarrel to the naming, with sitnah {שִׂטְנָה | śiṭnāh} encapsulating hostility and accusation.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–tet–nun
“to oppose, accuse”
In context — Genesis 26:21
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah .
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word שִׂטְנָֽה׃ (sitna) 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.26.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W8.S1) and character.