Numbers 14:18:11Num.14.18.W11TAB
פֹּקֵ֞ד
poked
“visiting”
- Transliteration
- po-KED
- Extended
- poh-KEHD
- IPA
- /poˈkeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- visiting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
po-KED
- clause
ve-na-KE LO ye-na-KE po-KED a-VON a-VOT al-BA-nim al-shi-le-SHIM ve-al-ri-be-IM
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH E-rekh a-pa-YIM ve-RAV-KHE-sed no-SE a-VON va-FA-sha ve-na-KE LO ye-na-KE po-KED a-VON a-VOT al-BA-nim al-shi-le-SHIM ve-al-ri-be-IM
Exegesis
The participle pō·qēd ʿā·wōn ʾā·bōṯ {פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֺ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ | pō·qēd ʿa·wōn ʾā·bōṯ} ‘visiting the iniquity of the fathers’ introduces the distributive sequence of prepositional phrases ʿal·bā·nîm, ʿal·šillē·šîm, and wə·ʿal·ribbē·ʿîm {עַל־בָּנִ֔ים | ʿal·bā·nîm}, {עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים | ʿal·šillē·šîm}, {וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים | wə·ʿal·ribbē·ʿîm} ‘upon children, the third, and the fourth generations’. This syntax balances divine mercy with righteous accountability.
Root and etymology
RootPe, Qof, Dalet
“visit, attend”
In context — Numbers 14:18
The LORD 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.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 14:18, so the Hebrew word פֹּקֵ֞ד (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 Num.14.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W11.S1) and character.