Psalm 18:35:1Ps.18.35.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:36
וַתִּתֶּן־לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ
vatittenli magen yishekha
“And you gave to me a shield of your salvation”
- Transliteration
- va-tit-TEN-LI ma-GEN yish-E-kha
- Extended
- vah-tit-TEN-LI mah-GEEN yish-EH-khah
- IPA
- /vatitˈten.li maˈɣeːn jiʃˈʕɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- And you gave to me a shield of your salvation
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tit-TEN-LI ma-GEN yish-E-kha
- sentence
va-tit-TEN-LI ma-GEN yish-E-kha ve-yi-MI-ne-kha tis-a-DE-ni ve-an-va-te-kha tar-BE-ni
Exegesis
The verse presents three balanced clauses linked by vav-consecutive verbs: vattitten-li {וַתִּתֶּן־לִי | wa-ṯit-ten-lî} “and You gave me,” tisa’adeni {תִּסְעָדֵנִי | tiś-ʿā-dē-nî} “you sustain me,” and tarbeni {תַרְבֵּנִי | tar-bē-nî} “you make me great.”
In the first construct chain, magen yish'ekha {מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ | mā-ḡēn yiš-ʿē-kā} merges protective imagery with the concept of deliverance.
Root and etymology
m-g-nmem–gimel–nun
“shield”
In context — Psalm 18:35
And You gave me shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand sustains me, and Your gentleness makes me great.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:35, so the Hebrew word וַתִּתֶּן־לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ (vatittenli magen yishekha) 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 Ps.18.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.35.W1.S1) and character.