Isaiah 36:21:3Isa.36.21.W3TAB

אֹת֖וֹ

oto

him

Transliteration
o-TO
Extended
oh-TOH
IPA
/ʔoˈtoː/

Meaning by language

English
him

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Result
אֹ + ת֖וֹ
o + to
oto

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO-a-NU o-TO

  3. clause

    va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR

  4. sentence

    va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu

Exegesis

This is followed by the coordinated negation velo-anu oto davar {וְלֹֽא־עָנוּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר | wə-lô-ʿānû ʾôtô dāvar} ‘and did not answer him a word’, where the maqqef binds velo and anu in a single negated clause and oto marks the object.

In contextIsaiah 36:21

But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 36:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word אֹת֖וֹ (oto) 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 Isa.36.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W3.S1) and character.