Psalm 18:35:5Ps.18.35.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:36
תַּרְבֵּנִי׃
tarbeni
“makes me great”
- Transliteration
- tar-BE-ni
- Extended
- tahr-BEEN-ee
- IPA
- /tarbeˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- makes me great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-BE-ni
- 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.”
Root and etymology
Rootresh–bet–heh
“to be many”
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 18:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:35, so the Hebrew word תַּרְבֵּנִי׃ (tarbeni) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.35.W5.S1) and character.