Genesis 16:15:8Gen.16.15.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה
asheryalda
“whom {she} bore”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-yal-DA
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yahl-DAA
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.jaːl.ˈðaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom {she} bore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-yal-DA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-yal-DA ha-GAR
- clause
va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-yal-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
- sentence
va-TE-led ha-GAR le-av-RAM BEN va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-yal-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL
Exegesis
The construct shem-beno {שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ | šēm-bə-nô} ‘name of his son’ plus the relative asher-yaldah {אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה | ʾăšer-yālədāh} ‘whom she bore’ Hagar functions as a restrictive modifier.
Root and etymology
y-l-d
“to bear”
In context — Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son whom Hagar had borne.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 16:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה (asheryalda) 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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.15.W8.S1) and character.