אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ

   et-te-NE-nu

   I will give him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ בְיָדֶֽךָ׃

   et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha

   I will give him into your hand
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ עֲל֔וּ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ בְיָדֶֽךָ׃

   va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH a-LU KI ma-KHAR et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha

   and he said the LORD go up for tomorrow I will give him into your hand
4. sentence🔊 וּ֠פִינְחָ בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֜ן עֹמֵ֣ד לְפָנָ֗יו בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַאוֹסִ֨ף ע֜וֹד לָצֵ֧את לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה עִם־בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֥ן אָחִ֖י אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ עֲל֔וּ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ בְיָדֶֽךָ׃

   u-fi-ne-KHAS ben-e-le-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON o-MED le-fa-NAV ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM le-MOR ha-o-SIF OD la-TSET la-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE-VIN-ya-min a-KHI im-ekh-DAL va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH a-LU KI ma-KHAR et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha

   and Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron standing before him in the days those saying shall I again add again or still to go out to the battle with the sons of Benjamin my brother or shall I cease and he said the LORD go up for tomorrow I will give him into your hand

Exegesis

God’s reply uses the imperative alu {עֲלוּ | ʿalû} ‘go up’ followed by a causal clause ki machar ettenenu beyadecha {כִּי מָחָר אֶתְּנֶנּוּ בְיָדֶךָ | kî mā-ḥār ʾet-tennê-nû bə-yā-ḏê-kā} ‘for tomorrow I will give him into your hand’, linking promise and time. English reorders and smooths infinitive and participle sequences to preserve the Hebrew’s deliberative tone and covenant relationship.

Root and etymology

נתן🔊 nun–tav–nun

“give”

• 🔊 נָתַנְתָּnatantayou gaveGenesis 2:17