Genesis 21:28:6Gen.21.28.W6TAB

לְבַדְּהֶֽן׃

levaddehen

apart

Transliteration
le-vad-de-HEN
Extended
leh-vahd-deh-HEHN
IPA
/lə.vad.də.ˈhɛn/

Meaning by language

English
apart

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Result
לְ + בַד + דְּ + הֶֽן׃
le + vad + de + hen
levaddehen

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-vad-de-HEN

  2. sentence

    va-yat-TSEV av-ra-HAM et-SHE-va kiv-SOT ha-TSON le-vad-de-HEN

Exegesis

The adverbial levaddehen {לְבַדְּהֶן | lə-ḇad-də-hēn} ‘by themselves’ closes the clause, conveying deliberate separation. In English the verb–subject order is shifted to subject–verb–object for readability, the construct relationship is rendered “from the flock,” and the adverbial nuance is captured with “stand apart” or “set aside” to reflect intentional exclusion implied by the Hebrew.

In contextGenesis 21:28

Abraham designated seven ewe lambs from the flock to stand apart.

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:28, so the Hebrew word לְבַדְּהֶֽן׃ (levaddehen) 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.21.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.28.W6.S1) and character.