Genesis 40:21:5Gen.40.21.W5TAB
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן
vayitten
“he placed”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-TEN
- Extended
- vah-yit-TEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he placed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN ha-KOS
- clause
va-yit-TEN ha-KOS al-KAF par-OH
- sentence
va-YA-shev et-SAR ham-mash-KIM al-mash-KE-hu va-yit-TEN ha-KOS al-KAF par-OH
Exegesis
The verse is a single narrative sentence built with two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vayyashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | wayyāšeb} and vayyiten {וַיִּתֵּן | wayyittēn}, each introduced by the vav consecutive to signal successive actions.
In the second clause, vayyiten hakos ʿal kaf paroh {וַיִּתֵּן הַכּוֹס עַל־כַּף פַּרְעֹה}, the Qal wayyiqtol describes the concrete act of placing the cup on the king’s palm. The repeated preposition ʿal links abstract status to physical action, and the construct kaf paroh (“the palm of Pharaoh”) emphasizes personal proximity and trust in this royal ritual. In English, these forms are rendered as simple past verbs with prepositional phrases that preserve the causative nuance and hierarchical context.
In context — Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief of the cupbearers to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup upon Pharaoh’s hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 40:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (vayitten) 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.40.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.21.W5.S1) and character.