Judges 21:18:4Judg.21.18.W4TAB

לָתֵת־לָהֶ֥ם

latetlahem

to give to them

Transliteration
la-TET-la-HEM
Extended
laa-TEET-laa-HEHM
IPA
/laːˈteːt.laːˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
to give to them

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Result
לָ + תֵת + לָ + הֶ֥ם
la + tet + la + hem
latetlahem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-TET-la-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-a-NAKH-nu LO nu-KHAL la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM mib-be-no-TEI-nu

  4. sentence

    va-a-NAKH-nu LO nu-KHAL la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM mib-be-no-TEI-nu ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-RUR no-TEN i-SHA le-vin-ya-MIN

Exegesis

The infinitive construct lātēt {לָתֵת | lātēt} ‘to give’ takes the object pronoun lāhēm {לָהֶם | lāhēm} ‘to them,’ governed by nāšîm {נָשִׁים | nāšîm} ‘wives’ and the construct mibənôtênû {מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ | mibənôtênû} ‘from our daughters.’

In contextJudges 21:18

And we are not able to give them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, “Cursed is the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.”

About this coordinate

Judges 21:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:18, so the Hebrew word לָתֵת־לָהֶ֥ם (latetlahem) 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.21.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.18.W4.S1) and character.