מוֹלֶדֶתmoledet meaning in Biblical Hebrew
kindred, birthplace · noun, feminine
Also spelled in English: moledeth, mowledeth
God tells Abram to leave his country, his moledet and his father's house, in that order, peeling him away from the outside in. Moledet is the middle ring: the whole tangle of people you happened to be born among.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם לֶךְ־לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ
“The LORD said to Abram: Go from your land, from your kindred, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1)”
Where is your moledet, and who in it would you find hardest to leave?