Genesis 21:2:7Gen.21.2.W7TAB
לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד
lamoed
“at the appointed time”
- Transliteration
- la-mo-ED
- Extended
- lah-moh-EHD
- IPA
- /lam.mo.ˈʕeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the appointed time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-mo-ED
- clause
la-mo-ED a-sher-di-BER o-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ta-HAR va-TE-led sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM BEN li-ze-ku-NAV la-mo-ED a-sher-di-BER o-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The phrase lizqūnāv {לִזְקֻנָ֑יו | lizqūnāv} ‘in his old age’ emphasizes Abraham’s advanced years, and lammōʿēd {לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד | lammōʿēd} ‘at the appointed time’ introduces a temporal fulfillment clause.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-dyod–ayin–dalet
“to appoint, fix”
In context — Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the appointed time that God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:2, so the Hebrew word לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד (lamoed) 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.21.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.2.W7.S1) and character.