Judges 21:1:8Judg.21.1.W8TAB
לֹא־יִתֵּ֥ן
loyiten
“shall not give”
- Transliteration
- lo-YI-ten
- Extended
- loh-YIH-teen
- IPA
- /loː.jitˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall not give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-YI-ten
- phraseyour reading level
lo-YI-ten bit-TO
- clause
ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yitten {יִתֵּן | yiṯ-ṯên} expresses prohibitive intent.
In context — Judges 21:1
And the men of Israel swore at Mizpah , saying, “No man among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:1, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִתֵּ֥ן (loyiten) 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.21.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.1.W8.S1) and character.