1 Chronicles 8:28:41 Chr.8.28.W4TAB
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם
letoldevotam
“according to their generations”
- Transliteration
- le-tol-de-vo-TAM
- Extended
- leh-tohl-deh-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /lətɔl.dəvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their generations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-tol-de-vo-TAM
- clause
E-leh ra-SHE a-VOT le-tol-de-vo-TAM ra-SHIM
- sentence
E-leh ra-SHE a-VOT le-tol-de-vo-TAM ra-SHIM E-leh ya-she-VU bi-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The prepositional-construct letoledotam {לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם | lə-ṭôl-də-ṯā-m} ‘to their generations’ sets the genealogical scope, functioning as a temporal and ancestral frame.
In context — 1 Chronicles 8:28
These were the heads of fathers’ houses for their generations, chief men; these dwelt in Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 8:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 8:28, so the Hebrew word לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם (letoldevotam) 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 1 Chr.8.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.8.28.W4.S1) and character.