Genesis 29:21:7Gen.29.21.W7TAB
מָלְא֖וּ
maleu
“are completed”
- Transliteration
- ma-le-U
- Extended
- mah-leh-OO
- IPA
- /maː.ləˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are completed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-le-U
- phraseyour reading level
KI ma-le-U
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} links the request to its basis in the clause malu yamai {מָלְאוּ יָמָי | māl-ʾû yā-māy} ‘my days are fulfilled’, an idiom for completion of a fixed service term. The possessive suffixes on ishti and yamai highlight Jacob’s personal stake.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, be full, complete”
In context — Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife , because my time is fulfilled , so that I may go in to her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word מָלְא֖וּ (maleu) 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.29.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W7.S1) and character.