תִּתְחַתֵּ֥ן

𐤕𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤍

châthan

you shall be son-in-law

To become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage.

H2859

1 Samuel 18:21 · Word #17

Lexicon H2859

Lemmaחָתַן
Lemma (Paleo)𐤇𐤕𐤍
Transliterationchâthan
Strong'sH2859
DefinitionTo become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage.

Morphology HVtp2ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan t — Hithpael — Intensive reflexive
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

Common Translation

Phraseyou shall be son-in-law

SIBI-P1 Translation H2859-08

you will ally yourself by marriage

Morphological NotesVerb, Hithpael (reflexive), imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular.
Rendering RationaleThe Hithpael stem conveys a reflexive action, indicating that the subject forms the marital alliance upon himself. The imperfect 2nd masculine singular is rendered as "you will," preserving person, gender, and number while maintaining the root sense of establishing kinship through marriage.

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