וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ

   va-yit-NE-nu

   and they gave
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙

   va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM

   and they gave a man of Israel a place
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּ֤י בָֽטְחוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר‪ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

   va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A

   and they gave a man of Israel a place to Benjamin because they trusted toward the ambush which they placed against Gibeah
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְא֥וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן כִּ֣י נִגָּ֑פוּ וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּ֤י בָֽטְחוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר‪ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

   va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A

   and they saw sons of Benjamin that they were struck down and they gave a man of Israel a place to Benjamin because they trusted toward the ambush which they placed against Gibeah

Exegesis

The narrative hinges on the vav-consecutive imperfect vayireu {וַיִּרְא֥וּ | wayyirʾû} (“and they saw”) immediately followed by vav-consecutive imperfect vayittenu {וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ | wayyiṭtənû} (“and they gave”), establishing rapid sequence.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ת־ןn t n

“to give”

• 🔊 מַתָּנָהmatanahgift, offeringGenesis 34:12