Exodus 17:16:8Exod.17.16.W8TAB
מִדֹּ֖ר
middor
“from generation to”
- Transliteration
- mid-DOR
- Extended
- mihd-DOHR
- IPA
- /mid.ˈdoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from generation to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mid-DOR
- clause
mid-DOR DOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ki-YAD al-KES YAH mil-kha-MA la-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-ma-LEK mid-DOR DOR
Exegesis
The idiom mid-dōr dōr {מִדֹּר דֹּֽר | mid-dōr dōr} “from generation to generation” functions adverbially to denote perpetuity. In English, nominal clauses are rendered with “is” and “will have” to clarify the proclamation mood and temporal scope.
In context — Exodus 17:16
And he said, “A hand is upon the throne of Yah ; the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 17:16, so the Hebrew word מִדֹּ֖ר (middor) 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 Exod.17.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.16.W8.S1) and character.