Exodus 20:5:12Exod.20.5.W12TAB
עֲוֺ֨ן
avon
“the iniquity”
- Transliteration
- a-VON
- Extended
- ah-VOHN
- IPA
- /ʕaˈvoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the iniquity
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-VON
- phraseyour reading level
a-VON a-VOT ahl-bah-NEEM
- 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
Rootayin–vav–nun
“guilt, bent”
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 20:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 20:5, so the Hebrew word עֲוֺ֨ן (avon) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.5.W12.S1) and character.