Joshua 14:3:1Josh.14.3.W1TAB
כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן
keenatan
“For had given”
- Transliteration
- kee-NA-tan
- Extended
- kee-NAA-tahn
- IPA
- /kiː.naˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- For had given
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kee-NA-tan
- phraseyour reading level
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH
- clause
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- sentence
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN ve-la-le-vi-YIM lo-na-TAN na-kha-LA be-to-KHAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’, linking to the earlier narrative.
It employs the verb nāṭān {נָתַן | nāṭān} ‘had given’ in the Qal perfect to mark Moses’s completed distribution.
Root and etymology
n–t–nnun–taw–nun
“to give, grant”
In context — Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance to two tribes and to the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 14:3, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן (keenatan) 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 Josh.14.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.3.W1.S1) and character.