Genesis 21:5:4Gen.21.5.W4TAB
בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד
behivvaled
“when was born”
- Transliteration
- be-hiv-VA-led
- Extended
- beh-hiv-VAA-lehd
- IPA
- /bə.hiv.ˈwaː.lɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- when was born
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
be-hiv-VA-led
- phraseyour reading level
be-hiv-VA-led LO
- clause
be-hiv-VA-led LO ET yits-KHAK be-NO
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-me-AT sha-NA be-hiv-VA-led LO ET yits-KHAK be-NO
Exegesis
The temporal clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct behiwaled {בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד | bə-hiw-wā-leḏ} “in being born” with the dative lo {ל֔וֹ | lō} “to him,” yielding “when there was born to him.”
In context — Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:5, so the Hebrew word בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד (behivvaled) 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.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.5.W4.S1) and character.