Exodus 20:5:15Exod.20.5.W15TAB
עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים
ahlshilleshim
“third generation”
- Transliteration
- ahl-shil-le-SHIM
- Extended
- ahl-shil-leh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃilˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- third generation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ahl-shil-le-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ahl-shil-le-SHIM veh-al-ri-BE-EEM
- 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 distributive ordinals al-shilleshim ve-al-ribbeim {עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבְּעִים | ʿal-šillēšîm wə-ʿal-ribbēʿîm} define generational scope, finalized by le-son’ai {לְשׂוֹנְאָי | lə-sōnʾāy} limiting judgment to those who hate Me. In translation, the double prohibition is rendered with coordinated infinitives, ki yields “because,” and ordinals appear as “the third and fourth generations.”
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 20:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 20:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים (ahlshilleshim) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.5.W15.S1) and character.