Genesis 22:20:9Gen.22.20.W9TAB
יָלְדָ֨ה
yaleda
“{She} has borne”
- Transliteration
- ya-le-DA
- Extended
- yah-leh-DAA
- IPA
- /jaː.lə.ˈðaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {She} has borne
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-le-DA
- phraseyour reading level
ya-le-DA mil-KA gam-HI
- clause
hin-NEH ya-le-DA mil-KA gam-HI ba-NIM le-na-KHOR a-KHI-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-yug-GAD le-av-ra-HAM le-MOR hin-NEH ya-le-DA mil-KA gam-HI ba-NIM le-na-KHOR a-KHI-kha
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the perfect yaldah {יָלְדָ֨ה | yā·lə·ḏāh} ‘she bore’ describes a completed event.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, give birth”
In context — Genesis 22:20
And it happened after these things that word was brought to Abraham , saying, “Behold, Milcah also has borne sons to Nahor your brother.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 22:20, so the Hebrew word יָלְדָ֨ה (yaleda) 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.22.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.20.W9.S1) and character.