Exodus 20:5:16Exod.20.5.W16TAB
וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים
vehalribeeem
“and fourth generation”
- Transliteration
- veh-al-ri-BE-EEM
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ree-beh-EEM
- IPA
- /və.ʕal.ri.bɛˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fourth generation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
veh-al-ri-BE-EEM
- 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 20:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים (vehalribeeem) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.5.W16.S1) and character.