Genesis 16:1:5Gen.16.1.W5TAB
יָלְדָ֖ה
yaleda
“borne”
- Transliteration
- ya-le-DA
- Extended
- yah-leh-DAA
- IPA
- /jaː.lə.ˈðaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- borne
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ya-le-DA
- phraseyour reading level
LO ya-le-DA
- clause
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO
- sentence
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR
Exegesis
The negation lo yaldah lo {לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ | lōʾ yāl-dəh lō}, a negative perfect with the particle lo preceding the verb, describes Sarai’s ongoing state of barrenness and places Abram as the indirect object.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, bring forth”
In context — Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any child. She had a servant , an Egyptian, named Hagar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:1, so the Hebrew word יָלְדָ֖ה (yaleda) 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.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.1.W5.S1) and character.