Hosea 13:11:1Hos.13.11.W1TAB
אֶתֶּן־לְךָ֥
etenlekha
“I gave to you”
- Transliteration
- e-TEN-le-KHA
- Extended
- eh-TEN-eh-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈtɛn.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I gave to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
e-TEN-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-TEN-le-KHA ME-lekh
- sentence
e-TEN-le-KHA ME-lekh be-a-PI ve-e-KAKH be-ev-ra-TI
Exegesis
The verbs etten-lekha {אֶ֣תְּן־לְךָ֕ | ʾet-ten-lə-ḵā} ‘I give you’ and ve-eqqakh {וְאֶקַּ֖ח | wə-ʾeqqaḥ} ‘and I take’ are coordinated with vav, producing a sharp contrast between bestowal and removal.
In context — Hosea 13:11
I gave you a king in My anger, and I took him away in My wrath.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:11, so the Hebrew word אֶתֶּן־לְךָ֥ (etenlekha) 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 Hos.13.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.11.W1.S1) and character.