Genesis 17:7:8Gen.17.7.W8TAB
לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם
ledorotam
“throughout their generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-TAM
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-TAAM
- IPA
- /lə.doː.roː.ˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- throughout their generations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-do-ro-TAM
- clause
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM
- sentence
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
Exegesis
The phrase ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם | lə-ḏō-rō-ṯām} ‘for their generations’ defines the temporal scope, while the lamed clause livrit olam {לִבְרִית עוֹלָם | liḇ-rîṯ ʿō-lām} ‘as an everlasting covenant’ functions epexegetically to specify indefinite duration.
In context — Genesis 17:7
I will confirm My covenant between Me and you and between your seed after you in every generation, as an everlasting covenant, so that I will be God to you and to your seed after you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם (ledorotam) 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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W8.S1) and character.