וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩

   ve-LO-nat-NU

   and no portion was given
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק לַלְוִיִּ֜ם

   ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM

   and no portion was given portion to the Levites
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק לַלְוִיִּ֜ם בָּאָ֗רֶץ כִּ֤י אִם־עָרִים֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת וּמִ֨גְרְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם לְמִקְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם׃

   ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM ba-A-retz KI im-a-RIM la-SHE-vet u-mig-re-SHE-hem le-mik-NE-hem u-le-kin-ya-NAM

   and no portion was given portion to the Levites in the land for but only cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for their livestock and for their substance
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־הָי֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֛ף שְׁנֵ֥י מַטּ֖וֹת מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה וְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק לַלְוִיִּ֜ם בָּאָ֗רֶץ כִּ֤י אִם־עָרִים֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת וּמִ֨גְרְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם לְמִקְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם׃

   ki-ha-YU ve-NEI-yo-SEF she-NEI mat-TOT me-na-SHEH ve-ef-RA-yim ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM ba-A-retz KI im-a-RIM la-SHE-vet u-mig-re-SHE-hem le-mik-NE-hem u-le-kin-ya-NAM

   for were the sons of Joseph two tribes Manasseh and Ephraim and no portion was given portion to the Levites in the land for but only cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for their livestock and for their substance

Exegesis

The next clause is joined with vav and negated: velo natnu chelek {וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק | wə-lōʾ-nāṯənû ḥēleq} denies the normal pattern of a territorial allotment, while the indirect object laLeviim {לַלְוִיִּ֜ם | la-ləwiyyîm} and the locative baaretz {בָּאָ֗רֶץ | bā-ʾāreṣ} define the sphere of what was not given: an allotment “in the land.”