Genesis 48:4:9Gen.48.4.W9TAB
וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י
venatati
“I will give”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-ta-TI
- Extended
- veh-nah-tah-TEE
- IPA
- /və.na.tatˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-ta-TI
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAI hi-ne-NI maf-re-KHA ve-hir-bi-TI-kha u-ne-ta-TI-kha lik-HAL a-MIM ve-na-ta-TI et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
Exegesis
Venatati {וְנָתַתִּי | wənāṯattî} introduces a second major promise clause focused on land, with the particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marking haarets hazot {הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | hāʾāreṣ hazzōt} “this land” as the specified object.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give, grant”
In context — Genesis 48:4
And He said to me, “Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will make you into an assembly of peoples. And I will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 48:4, so the Hebrew word וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י (venatati) 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.48.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.4.W9.S1) and character.