הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת

   ha-yol-de-VOT

   the ones bearing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם

   ha-yol-de-VOT o-TAM

   the ones bearing them
3. clause🔊 וְעַֽל־אִמֹּתָ֞ם הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם וְעַל־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם הַמּוֹלִדִ֥ים אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃

   ve-al-i-mo-TAM ha-yol-de-VOT o-TAM ve-al-a-vo-TAM ha-mo-li-DIM o-TAM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT

   and concerning their mothers the ones bearing them and concerning their fathers the ones fathering them in the land this
4. sentence🔊 כִּי־כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל־הַבָּנִים֙ וְעַל־הַבָּנ֔וֹת הַיִּלּוֹדִ֖ים בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַֽל־אִמֹּתָ֞ם הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם וְעַל־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם הַמּוֹלִדִ֥ים אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃

   KI-KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ba-NIM ve-al-ha-ba-NOT ha-yil-lo-DIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-i-mo-TAM ha-yol-de-VOT o-TAM ve-al-a-vo-TAM ha-mo-li-DIM o-TAM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT

   for thus said the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters the ones being born in the place this and concerning their mothers the ones bearing them and concerning their fathers the ones fathering them in the land this

Exegesis

The repeated prepositional phrase ve-ʿal {וְעַל־ | wə-ʿal} ‘and concerning’ structures a polysyndetic parallelism that enumerates four groups—sons (habanim {הַבָּנִים֙ | hab-bānîm}), daughters (habanot {הַבָּנוֹת֔ | hab-bānôt}), mothers (immotam {אִמֹּתָ֞ם | ʾimmōṯām}), and fathers (avotam {אֲבוֹתָ֛ם | ʾăḇōṯām})—each paired with participles hayillodim {הַיִּלּוֹדִים֖ | hay-yillōḏîm}, hayoldot {הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת | hay-yōləḏôt}, and hamolidim {הַמּוֹלִדִים֥ | ham-môliḏîm} to specify ongoing conditions of being born, bearing, and begetting.