Jeremiah 20:14:4Jer.20.14.W4TAB
יֻלַּ֖דְתִּי
yuladti
“I was born”
- Transliteration
- yu-LAD-ti
- Extended
- yuh-LAHD-teeh
- IPA
- /julˈlad.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was born
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yu-LAD-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yu-LAD-ti
- clause
a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO
- sentence
a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO YOM a-sher-ye-LA-dat-ni i-MI al-ye-HI ba-RUKH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yulladti bo {אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּוֹ | ʾă-šer yu-llad-tī bō} ‘which I was born in it’ employs the Pual stem to express passive causation.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, bring forth”
In context — Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day that my mother bore me be blessed.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 20:14, so the Hebrew word יֻלַּ֖דְתִּי (yuladti) 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 Jer.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.14.W4.S1) and character.