תּוֹלְדָה

[תּוֺלֵדוֺת]₃₉ noun feminine plural generations, especially in genealogies = account of a man and his descendants; — construct תּוֺלְדוֺת 1 Mos 2,4; Rut 4,18 תּוֺלְדֹת 1 Mos 5,1 + 6 t.; תֹּלְדוֺת 1 Mos 36,1 + 2 t.; תֹּלְדֹת 1 Mos 25,12 suffix תֹּלְדֹתָיו 1 Kron 26,31 תּוֺלְדֹתָם 2 Mos 28,10 + 16 t.; תֹּלְדוֺתָם 1 Kron 5,7 + 5 t.; תֹּלְדֹתָם 2 Mos 6,16; 2 Mos 6,19 —
\ \ a. account of men and their descendants 1 Mos 5,1; 1 Mos 6,9; 1 Mos 10,1; 1 Mos 11,10; 1 Mos 11,27; 1 Mos 25,12; 1 Mos 25,19; 1 Mos 36,1; 1 Mos 36,9; 1 Mos 37,2; 4 Mos 3,1; Rut 4,18; 1 Kron 1,29 successive generations (in) of families (מִשְׁפָּחֹת) 1 Mos 10,32 compare 1 Mos 25,13, 2 Mos 6,16; 2 Mos 6,19; 2 Mos 28,10 genealogical divisions, by parentage 4 Mos 1,20 (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם ׳ת) + 11 t. 4 Mos 1,1–200 וְאֶחָיו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָיו בְּהִתְיִחֶשׂ לתולדוֺתם 1 Kron 5,7 compare 1 Kron 7,9 and probably also 1 Kron 7,2 see Be, 1 Kron 7,4; 1 Kron 8,28; 1 Kron 9,9; 1 Kron 9,34; 1 Kron 26,31.
\ \ b. metaph. תּוֺלְדוֺת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ 1 Mos 2,4 literally begettings of heaven and earth, i.e. account of heaven and earth and that which proceeded from them (compare Dr^{Intr. 5 n}.) In Hexateuch always P.