Nehemiah 13:25:10Neh.13.25.W10TAB
אִם־תִּתְּנ֤וּ
imtitnu
“if you give”
- Transliteration
- im-tit-NU
- Extended
- ihm-tih-tNOO
- IPA
- /ʔim.titˈt̪ənuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-tit-NU
- phraseyour reading level
im-tit-NU ve-no-TE-khem
- clause
va-ash-bi-EEM be-lo-HIM im-tit-NU ve-no-TE-khem liv-ne-HEM ve-im-tis-U mib-be-no-te-HEM liv-ne-KHEM ve-la-KHEM
- sentence
va-A-riv i-MAM va-a-kal-LEM va-a-KKE me-HEM a-na-SHIM va-em-re-TEM va-ash-bi-EEM be-lo-HIM im-tit-NU ve-no-TE-khem liv-ne-HEM ve-im-tis-U mib-be-no-te-HEM liv-ne-KHEM ve-la-KHEM
Exegesis
The parallel conditional clauses introduced by ’im {אִם־ | ’im} govern the prohibitions: titnu…benoteichem…livneihem and tisa’u…mibnoteihem…livneichem, preserving the Hebrew if…then structure.
In context — Nehemiah 13:25
And I contended with them and cursed them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair , and made them swear by God , “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.”
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Nehemiah 13:25, so the Hebrew word אִם־תִּתְּנ֤וּ (imtitnu) 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 Neh.13.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.25.W10.S1) and character.