Deuteronomy 23:3:7Deut.23.3.W7TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:4
דּוֹר
dor
“generation”
- Transliteration
- DOR
- Extended
- DOHR
- IPA
- /ˈdoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- generation
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
DOR
- sentence
lo-ya-VO am-mo-NEE u-mo-a-VE bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH GAM DOR a-si-REE lo-ya-VO la-HEM bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The adverbial intensifier gam dor ʿasîrî {גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי | gam dôr ʿăsîrî} ‘even the tenth generation’ amplifies the exclusion, while the repetition of lo yavo with lahem {לָהֶם | lāhēm} ‘for them’ underscores both individual and collective scope.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–vav–resh
“generation, cycle”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD ; even to the tenth generation none of them may ever enter the assembly of the LORD.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 23:3, so the Hebrew word דּוֹר (dor) 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 Deut.23.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.3.W7.S1) and character.