Judges 15:2:7Judg.15.2.W7TAB

וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה

vaettenena

so I gave her

Transliteration
va-et-te-NE-na
Extended
vaa-eh-tteh-NEH-nah
IPA
/vɔ.ʔet.təˈnen.nɔː/

Meaning by language

English
so I gave her

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וָ + אֶת + תְּ + נֶ֖ + נָּה
va + et + te + ne + na
vaettenena

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-et-te-NE-na

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha

Exegesis

The transition wā’attenēnāh {וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה | wā’attenēnāh} marks the father’s action in giving her to lə-mērē’aḵā {לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ | lə-mērē’aḵā} “your companion.”

In contextJudges 15:2

Her father said, “I truly said , ‘I was sure you hated her,’ so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not preferable to her? Please let her be yours instead.”

About this coordinate

Judges 15:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:2, so the Hebrew word וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה (vaettenena) 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 Judg.15.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.2.W7.S1) and character.