Numbers 21:29:5Num.21.29.W5TAB
נָתַ֨ן
natan
“he has given”
- Transliteration
- na-TAN
- Extended
- nah-TAAN
- IPA
- /naˈtaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has given
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM
- clause
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The sequence natan {נָתַן | nā-than} ‘he has given’ with banav {בָּנָיו | bā-nā-w} ‘his sons’ and uvenotav {וּבְנוֹתָיו | ū-və-nō-tāw} ‘and his daughters’ foregrounds the deity’s action.
Root and etymology
nun-tav-nunnun-tav-nun
“to give, grant”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word נָתַ֨ן (natan) 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.21.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W5.S1) and character.