Proverbs 1:24:3Prov.1.24.W3TAB
וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ
vattemaenu
“and you refused”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-ma-E-nu
- Extended
- vaht-teh-maa-EE-noo
- IPA
- /vat.tə.maːˈʔeː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you refused
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-te-ma-E-nu
- clause
YA-an ka-RA-ti vat-te-ma-E-nu
- sentence
YA-an ka-RA-ti vat-te-ma-E-nu na-TI-ti ya-DI ve-EN mak-shiv
Exegesis
The perfect forms karati {קָרָאתִי | qārā’tî} ‘I called’ and natiti {נָטִיתִי | nāṭîṯî} ‘I stretched out’ denote completed divine actions, while the vav-consecutive imperfect vat-tema’enu {וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ | vāṯ-təmā’ēnû} ‘and you refused’ indicates the addressees’ immediate reaction.
In context — Proverbs 1:24
Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, and there was no one who listened .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 1:24, so the Hebrew word וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ (vattemaenu) 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 Prov.1.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.24.W3.S1) and character.