Genesis 5:13:5Gen.5.13.W5TAB
אֶת־מֽ͏ַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל
etmahalalel
“Mahalalel”
- Transliteration
- et-ma-ha-lal-EL
- Extended
- eht-mah-hah-lahl-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ma.ħă.lal.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mahalalel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ma-ha-lal-EL
- 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}.
The sequence et Mahalalel {אֵת מַהֲלַלְאֵל | ʾêt ma-ha-lal-ʾêl} marks Mahalalel as the direct object of holido, though the particle ʾet itself is not represented in English.
In context — Genesis 5:13
And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years , and he fathered sons and daughters.
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 5:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מֽ͏ַהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל (etmahalalel) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.13.W5.S1) and character.