Numbers 21:2:6Num.21.2.W6TAB
אִם־נָתֹ֨ן
imnaton
“if indeed you give”
- Transliteration
- im-na-TON
- Extended
- im-nah-TON
- IPA
- /ʔim.naˈtoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- if indeed 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-na-TON
- phraseyour reading level
im-na-TON ti-TEN
- clause
im-na-TON ti-TEN et-ha-AM ha-ZEH be-ya-DI va-kha-ram-TI et-a-rei-HEM
- sentence
va-yid-DAR yis-ra-EL NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR im-na-TON ti-TEN et-ha-AM ha-ZEH be-ya-DI va-kha-ram-TI et-a-rei-HEM
Exegesis
In the conditional clause, the infinitive absolute nāṯōn {נָתֹ֨ן | nāṯōn} ‘surely give’ intensifies the imperfect tittēn {תִּתֵּ֜ן | tittēn} ‘you will give.’
Root and etymology
nun-tav-nunnun-tav-nun
“to give, grant”
In context — Numbers 21:2
And Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will surely give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:2, so the Hebrew word אִם־נָתֹ֨ן (imnaton) 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.21.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.2.W6.S1) and character.