Genesis 38:28:5Gen.38.28.W5PAT
הַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶת
hameyalledet
“the midwife”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-yal-LE-det
- Extended
- hah-meh-yal-LEH-deht
- IPA
- /ha.mə.jalˈlɛ.ðɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the midwife
- French
- la sage-femme
- Spanish
- la partera
- Portuguese
- a parteira
- German
- die Hebamme
- Russian
- повитуха
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْقَابِلَةُ
- Hindi
- दाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那接生婆
- Korean
- 그 산파
- Indonesian
- bidan itu
- Bengali
- ধাত্রীটি
- Tagalog
- ang hilot
- Swahili
- mkunga yule
- Amharic
- አዋላጅይቱ
- Yoruba
- agbẹbi
- Igbo
- onye na-amụ nwa
- Twi
- ɔgyefowa no
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-me-yal-LE-det
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det
- clause
va-ti-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det va-ti-ke-SHOR al-ya-DO sha-NI le-MOR ZEH ya-TSA ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-li-de-TAH va-yi-TEN-YAD va-ti-KAKH ha-me-yal-LE-det va-ti-ke-SHOR al-ya-DO sha-NI le-MOR ZEH ya-TSA ri-sho-NA
In context — Genesis 38:28
and it happened in her giving birth and he put out a hand and she took the midwife and she tied on his hand scarlet saying this came out first
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 38:28, so the Hebrew word הַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶת (hameyalledet) 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.38.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.28.W5.S1) and character.