Leviticus 19:23:3Lev.19.23.W3TAB
וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙
oonehtatem
“and plant”
- Transliteration
- oo-neh-ta-TEM
- Extended
- oo-neh-tah-TEHM
- IPA
- /u.nə.taʕˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and plant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-neh-ta-TEM
- clause
ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets oo-neh-ta-TEM kol-ETS ma-a-KHAL va-a-ral-TEM or-la-TO et-pir-YO
- sentence
ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets oo-neh-ta-TEM kol-ETS ma-a-KHAL va-a-ral-TEM or-la-TO et-pir-YO sha-LOSH sha-NEEM yih-YE la-KHEM a-re-LIM LO ye-a-KHEL
Exegesis
The subsequent verb unetatem {וּנְטַעְתֶּם | wə-nə-ṭā-’a-tem} ‘and you plant’ in Qal perfect continues the vav-consecutive sequence, addressing the community subject.
Root and etymology
RootNun-Tet-Ayin
“to plant”
In context — Leviticus 19:23
And when you come into the land and plant every tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised ; for three years it shall be uncircumcised to you, and it shall not be eaten .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:23, so the Hebrew word וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙ (oonehtatem) 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 Lev.19.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.23.W3.S1) and character.