Psalm 20:4:1Ps.20.4.W1TABWLC Psalms 20:5
יִתֶּן־לְךָ֥
yittenlekha
“may he give to you”
- Transliteration
- yit-TEN-le-KHA
- Extended
- yihT-TEN-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /jitˈtɛn.ləˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- may he give to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-TEN-le-KHA
- clause
yit-TEN-le-KHA kil-va-VE-KHA
- sentence
yit-TEN-le-KHA kil-va-VE-KHA ve-KHOL-a-TSA-te-KHA ye-mal-LE
Exegesis
The verse opens with two coordinated jussive verbs, yitten {יִתֵּן | yittēn} ‘may He give’ and yemalle {יְמַלֵּא | yemallē} ‘may He fulfill’, forming a petition.
In the first clause, the verb appears clause-initial, followed by lekha {לְךָ | lə-ḵā} ‘to you’ and kil-bav-ekha {כִלְבָבֶךָ | kil-vā-ve-ḵā} ‘according to your heart’.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give”
In context — Psalm 20:4
May He give you what your heart desires, and bring all your counsel to completion.
About this coordinate
Psalm 20:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 20:4, so the Hebrew word יִתֶּן־לְךָ֥ (yittenlekha) 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.20.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.20.4.W1.S1) and character.