Genesis 5:13:4Gen.5.13.W4TAB
הוֹלִיד֣וֹ
holido
“fathered”
- Transliteration
- ho-li-DO
- Extended
- hoh-lee-DOH
- IPA
- /hoː.liː.ˈðoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fathered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-li-DO
- phraseyour reading level
ho-li-DO et-ma-ha-lal-EL
- clause
va-ye-KHI kei-NAN a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-ma-ha-lal-EL ar-ba-IM sha-NA u-she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI kei-NAN a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-ma-ha-lal-EL ar-ba-IM sha-NA u-she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA va-YO-led ba-NIM u-va-NOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase acharei holido {אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ | ʾa-ḥa-rê hō-lî-ḏô} ‘after he fathered him’ functions as a temporal modifier specifying that the following years are counted from the birth of Mahalalel {מַהֲלַלְאֵל | ma-ha-lal-ʾêl}.
Root and etymology
y-l-d
“to beget, bring forth”
In context — Genesis 5:13
And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years , and he fathered sons and daughters.
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 5:13, so the Hebrew word הוֹלִיד֣וֹ (holido) 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.5.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.13.W4.S1) and character.