Deuteronomy 21:15:9Deut.21.15.W9TAB
וְיָֽלְדוּ־ל֣וֹ
veyaldulo
“and they bear to him”
- Transliteration
- ve-yal-DU-lo
- Extended
- veh-yal-DOO-LOH
- IPA
- /vəjalˈduː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bear to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yal-DU-lo
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM
- clause
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH
- sentence
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH ve-ha-YA ha-BEN ha-be-KHOR la-se-ni-AH
Exegesis
The perfect verb wə-yāldū-lō {וְיָֽלְדוּ־לוֹ | wə-yāldū-lō} “and they bear to him” introduces the joint motherhood, with hā’ăḥūvāh wə-hasĕnû’āh {הָאֲהוּבָה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָה | hā’ăḥūvāh wə-ha-sĕnû’āh} marking both wives bearing sons.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved —and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word וְיָֽלְדוּ־ל֣וֹ (veyaldulo) 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 Deut.21.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W9.S1) and character.