Numbers 21:16:11Num.21.16.W11TAB
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה
veetnah
“and I will give”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-NAH
- Extended
- veh-eet-NAH
- IPA
- /və.ʔetˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will give
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-NAH la-HEM
- clause
hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The imperative esof {אֱסֹף | ’ĕ-sōp̄} preserves the direct command structure, and the imperfect veettenah {וְאֶתְּנָה | wə-’et-tə-nā} expresses the promised future action.
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (veetnah) 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.21.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W11.S1) and character.