Numbers 19:17:6Num.19.17.W6TAB
וְנָתַ֥ן
venatan
“and he shall put”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-TAN
- Extended
- veh-na-TAAN
- IPA
- /vənaˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he shall put
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TAN a-LAV
- clause
ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive on velaqchu {וְלָֽקְחוּ | wə-lā-qə-ḥû} ‘and they shall take’ and venatan {וְנָתַן | wə-nā-ṭān} ‘and he shall put’ to sequence the ritual steps.
Root and etymology
nun–tav–nunnun–tav–nun
“to give, hand over”
In context — Numbers 19:17
And they shall take for the unclean person from the ashes of the burned sin-offering, and they shall put living water into a vessel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 19:17, so the Hebrew word וְנָתַ֥ן (venatan) 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 Num.19.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.17.W6.S1) and character.