| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 14:18:1 ⧉יְהוָ֗הyahwehLORD Numbers 14:18:2 ⧉אֶ֤רֶךְerekhslow Numbers 14:18:3 ⧉אַפַּ֙יִם֙apayimto anger Numbers 14:18:4 ⧉וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶדveravkhesedand abundant in kindness Numbers 14:18:5 ⧉נֹשֵׂ֥אnoseforgiving Numbers 14:18:6 ⧉עָוֺ֖ןavoniniquity Numbers 14:18:7 ⧉וָפָ֑שַׁעvafashaand transgression Numbers 14:18:8 ⧉וְנַקֵּה֙venakebut clearing Numbers 14:18:9 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Numbers 14:18:10 ⧉יְנַקֶּ֔הyenakewill he clear Numbers 14:18:11 ⧉פֹּקֵ֞דpokedvisiting Numbers 14:18:12 ⧉עֲוֺ֤ןavonthe iniquity Numbers 14:18:13 ⧉אָבוֹת֙avotof the fathers Numbers 14:18:14 ⧉עַל־בָּנִ֔יםalbanimon the children Numbers 14:18:15 ⧉עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖יםalshileshimto the third generation Numbers 14:18:16 ⧉וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃vealribeimand to the fourth generation |
| 18. Formal Translation The LORD {Yahweh, Patient and Faithful} is slow to anger and abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations. |
| 18. Dynamic Translation The LORD {Yahweh, Slow to Anger} is patient and overflowing with loyal love, lifting away guilt and rebellion, but He does not let the guilty go unpunished; He brings the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generations. |