Genesis 10:21:2Gen.10.21.W2TAB
יֻלַּ֖ד
yulad
“was born”
- Transliteration
- yu-LAD
- Extended
- yoo-LAHD
- IPA
- /jul.ˈlad/
Meaning by language
- English
- was born
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yu-LAD
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD
- clause
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU
- sentence
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU a-VI kol-be-nei-E-ver a-KHI YE-fet ha-ga-DOL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional phrase uleShem {וּלְשֵׁ֥ם | û-lə-šēm} ‘and to Shem’, marking Shem as the indirect object of the passive verb yullad {יֻלַּ֖ד | yul-lad} ‘was born’.
Root and etymology
י־ל־ד
“to bear, give birth”
In context — Genesis 10:21
To Shem also, children were born; he was the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 10:21, so the Hebrew word יֻלַּ֖ד (yulad) 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 Gen.10.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.21.W2.S1) and character.