Joshua 15:17:6Josh.15.17.W6TAB

וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ

vayitenlo

and he gave him

Transliteration
va-yi-TEN-LO
Extended
vah-yit-TEN-LOH
IPA
/vaj.jitˈten.loː/

Meaning by language

English
and he gave him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּ + תֶּן + ל֛וֹ
va + yi + ten + lo
vayitenlo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-TEN-LO

  2. clause

    va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA

  3. sentence

    va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA

Exegesis

The verse employs the vav-consecutive to link narrative actions, as seen in vayilkedah {וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ | va-yil-kə-ḏā́h} ‘and he captured it’ followed by vayittenlo {וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ | va-yit-ten-lō} ‘and he gave to him’.

In contextJoshua 15:17

And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Aksah his daughter as wife .

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ (vayitenlo) 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.15.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.17.W6.S1) and character.