Genesis 40:3:1Gen.40.3.W1TAB
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן
vayitten
“he put”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-TEN
- Extended
- vah-yiht-TEHN
- IPA
- /waj.jit.ˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he put
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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 o-TAM
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TAM be-mish-MAR BEIT SAR ha-tab-ba-KHIM el-BEIT ha-SO-har
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM be-mish-MAR BEIT SAR ha-tab-ba-KHIM el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER yo-SEF a-SUR SHAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayiten {וַיִּתֵּ֨ן | wayyittēn} ‘and he put’, a Qal wayyiqtol that advances the narrative.
In context — Genesis 40:3
And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard , in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (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.40.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.3.W1.S1) and character.