Genesis 33:2:3Gen.33.2.W3TAB
וְאֶת־יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן
veetyaldeihen
“and their children”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-yal-DEI-hen
- Extended
- veh-eht-yahl-DEE-hehn
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.jalˈdeː.hɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their children
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-yal-DEI-hen
- clause
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA ve-et-le-A vi-la-DE-ha a-kha-ro-NIM ve-et-ra-KHEL ve-et-yo-SEF a-kha-ro-NIM
Exegesis
Three coordinated direct-object phrases follow, each marked by the particle ʾet joined by maqqef to its noun, as in et-hashfachot {אֶת־הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת | ʾeṯ-haš-šə-p̄ā-ḥōṯ} and ve-et-yaldeihen {וְאֶת־יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן | wə-ʾeṯ-yal-dê-hen}, which clearly identifies who is being positioned.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Lamed–Dalet
“to bear, bring forth”
In context — Genesis 33:2
And he placed the maidservants and their children at the front, and Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back .
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 33:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן (veetyaldeihen) 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.33.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.2.W3.S1) and character.