Leviticus 20:2:12Lev.20.2.W12TAB

יִתֵּ֧ן

yiten

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Transliteration
yi-TEN
Extended
yih-TEHN
IPA
/jitˈteːn/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
יִ + תֵּ֧ן
yi + ten
yiten

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    yi-TEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O

  3. clause

    veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT

  4. sentence

    veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven

Exegesis

The relative clause ăšer yittēn mizzarʿô lamōlekh {אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן מִזַּרְע֛וֹ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ | ăšer yittēn mizzarʿô lamōleḵ} ‘who gives of his seed to Molech’ specifies the forbidden act of child sacrifice.

In contextLeviticus 20:2

And to the sons of Israel you shall say: Any man, any man from the sons of Israel and any sojourner in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:2, so the Hebrew word יִתֵּ֧ן (yiten) 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.20.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W12.S1) and character.