Genesis 15:16:1Gen.15.16.W1TAB
וְד֥וֹר
vedor
“and generation”
- Transliteration
- ve-DOR
- Extended
- veh-DOHR
- IPA
- /wəˈðoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and generation
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-DOR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-DOR re-vi-I
- clause
ve-DOR re-vi-I ya-SHU-vu HEN-na
- sentence
ve-DOR re-vi-I ya-SHU-vu HEN-na KI lo-sha-LEM a-VON ha-e-mo-RI ad-HEN-na
Exegesis
The opening sequence ve-dor revi'i {וְד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י | wə-dôr rə-ḇî-ʿî} ‘and a fourth generation’ front-loads the temporal framework.
Root and etymology
d-w-r
“cycle, period”
In context — Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:16, so the Hebrew word וְד֥וֹר (vedor) 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.15.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.16.W1.S1) and character.