Numbers 21:23:1Num.21.23.W1TAB
וְלֹא־נָתַ֨ן
velonatan
“but would not allow”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-na-TAN
- Extended
- veh-LOH-na-TAHN
- IPA
- /vəˈloː.naˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- but would not allow
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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-LO-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH
- sentence
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction and negation in ve-lo-natan {וְלֹא־נָתַ֨ן | wə-lō-nā-tān} ‘and did not give/permit’ frame Sihon’s refusal.
Root and etymology
nun-tav-nunnun-tav-nun
“to give, grant”
In context — Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people and went out to meet them toward the wilderness . He arrived at Jahaz and fought against Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:23, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־נָתַ֨ן (velonatan) 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.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.23.W1.S1) and character.