Exodus 20:5:11Exod.20.5.W11TAB
פֹּ֠קֵד
poked
“visiting”
- Transliteration
- po-KED
- Extended
- poh-KEHD
- IPA
- /poˈkeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- visiting
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
po-KED
- clause
FOR a-no-KHI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha EL ka-NA po-KED a-VON a-VOT ahl-bah-NEEM ahl-shil-le-SHIM veh-al-ri-BE-EEM leh-so-ne-AI
- sentence
lo-tish-ta-KHE-ve la-HEM OR ta-av-DEM FOR a-no-KHI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha EL ka-NA po-KED a-VON a-VOT ahl-bah-NEEM ahl-shil-le-SHIM veh-al-ri-BE-EEM leh-so-ne-AI
Exegesis
The participle poked {פֹּקֵד | pōqēḏ} functions as a judicial participle, linking to the construct chain avon avot {עָוֹן אָבוֹת | ʿāwōn ʾāvōt} that transfers ancestral guilt.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–qoph–daleth
“to attend to”
In context — Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, because I, the LORD your God , am a jealous God who visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and to the fourth generations of those who hate Me.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 20:5, so the Hebrew word פֹּ֠קֵד (poked) 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 Exod.20.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.5.W11.S1) and character.