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

Result
וְ + יָֽלְ + דוּ + ל֣וֹ
ve + yal + du + lo
veyaldulo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-yal-DU-lo

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.