Numbers 21:3:5Num.21.3.W5TAB
וַיִּתֵּן֙
vayitten
“and gave”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-TEN
- Extended
- vah-yit-TEN
- IPA
- /vaj.jitˈten/
Meaning by language
- English
- and gave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-TEN
- clause
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM
- sentence
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
Exegesis
The subsequent vayitten {וַיִּתֵּן֙ | wayyittēn} initiates the divine granting action, followed by et-ha-qenaʿānî {אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | ʾet-ha-qenaʿānî} as the object.
In context — Numbers 21:3
And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and He gave the Canaanite into their hand; and He utterly destroyed them and their cities; and He called the place Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתֵּן֙ (vayitten) 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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W5.S1) and character.