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title: מוֹלֶדֶת — kindred · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹלֶדֶת (4138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: kindred. BDB 1906: n.f. kindred, birth, offspring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹלֶדֶת

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«מוֹלֶדֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kindred** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 4138 · **BDB:** מוֹלֶ֫דֶת

### Glosses

kindred (8); one.born (3); birth(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kindred [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4138/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kindred, birth, offspring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4138/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kindred, birth, offspring;—מ׳ cstr. Lv 18:9, 11; sf. מוֹלַדְתִּי Gn 24:4 + 3 times, etc.; pl. sf. מוֹלְדוֹתַיִךְ Ez 16:4; מֹלְדֹתַיִךְ v 3;— kindred Gn 12:1 (‖ ארצך, ביתאביך), 24:4; 32:10 (‖ ארץ), Nu 10:30 (‖ id.), Gn 31:3 (‖ ארץ אבותיך), 43:7 (all J); ‖ עַם Est 2:10, 20 8:6; especially אֶרֶץ מ׳ land of one’s kindred Gn 11:28; 24:7 (both J), 31:13 (E), Je 22:10; 46:16 Ez 23:15; Ru 2:11. pl. circumstances of birth, birth (fig. of origin of Jerus.) מְכֹרֹתַיִךְ וּמ׳ מֵאֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי Ez 16:3, cf. v 4. (female) offspring, one born Lv 18:9(×2), begotten v 11 (all H); coll. = issue, offspring מוֹלַדְתְּךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹלַ֫דְתָּ Gn 48:6 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹלֶדֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 11:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.28/)

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וַיָּ֣מָת הָרָ֔ן עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ בְּא֥וּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Haran on the.face of.Terah father his in the.land his.kindred his in Ur of.\[the\].Chaldeans

*JPS 1917:* And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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[Leviticus 18:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.11/)

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עֶרְוַ֨ת בַּת־אֵ֤שֶׁת אָבִ֙יךָ֙ מוֹלֶ֣דֶת אָבִ֔יךָ אֲחוֹתְךָ֖ הִ֑וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.nakedness of.the.daughter of.the.wife your.father your one.born your.father your sister \[is\].your she not you.will.uncover nakedness her

*JPS 1917:* The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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