Genesis 21:7:8Gen.21.7.W8TAB

כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי

kiyaladti

for I have borne

Transliteration
ki-ya-LAD-ti
Extended
kee-yah-LAHD-tee
IPA
/kiː.ja.ˈlað.tiː/

Meaning by language

English
for I have borne

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Result
כִּֽ + ייָ + לַ֥דְ + תִּי
ki + ya + lad + ti
kiyaladti

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-ya-LAD-ti

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ya-LAD-ti VEN

  3. clause

    ki-ya-LAD-ti VEN liz-ku-NAW

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer MI mil-LEL le-av-ra-HAM hei-NEE-ka va-NIM sa-RA ki-ya-LAD-ti VEN liz-ku-NAW

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘for’ connects to the reality clause in the Qal perfect yāladtî {יָלַ֥דְתִּי | yā-lad-tî} ‘I have borne’.

Root and etymology

y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet

to bear, bring forth

In contextGenesis 21:7

And she said, “Who would have declared to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his advanced age .”

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 21:7, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי (kiyaladti) 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.21.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.7.W8.S1) and character.