Genesis 20:17:9Gen.20.17.W9TAB
וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃
vayeledu
“{And} they gave birth”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-le-DU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-leh-DOO
- IPA
- /waj.jeː.leː.ˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they gave birth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-le-DU
- clause
va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vi-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vi-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
Exegesis
The final wayyiqtol, vayeldu {וַיֵּלֵדוּ | way-yē-lē-ḏû} ‘and they bore,’ functions as a result clause, reflecting restored fertility. In English, the sequence of Hebrew wayyiqtol verbs is rendered with coordinated past-tense clauses, while the result nuance of vayeldu is expressed with participial or infinitive phrasing to underscore the consequence of divine healing.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, bring forth”
In context — Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God , and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his maidservants, enabling them to bear children.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃ (vayeledu) 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.20.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W9.S1) and character.