Genesis 16:2:7Gen.16.2.W7TAB
מִלֶּ֔דֶת
milledet
“from bearing”
- Transliteration
- mil-LE-det
- Extended
- mihl-LEH-deht
- IPA
- /mil.ˈlɛ.ðɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from bearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mil-LE-det
- clause
va-TO-mer sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na
- sentence
va-TO-mer sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI
Exegesis
The clause atsarani YHWH milledet {עֲצָרַנִי יְהוָה מִלֶּדֶת | ʿa-ṣa-ra-nî Yə-hō-wāh mil-le-ḏeṯ} attributes Sarai’s barrenness to divine restraint, with the infinitive milledet ‘from bearing’ specifying the domain.
In context — Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, “See, the LORD has kept me from bearing children. Go in to my maidservant; perhaps I will be built up through her.” Abram listened to Sarai’s voice.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word מִלֶּ֔דֶת (milledet) 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.16.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W7.S1) and character.