Numbers 14:18:15Num.14.18.W15TAB
עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים
alshileshim
“to the third generation”
- Transliteration
- al-shi-le-SHIM
- Extended
- ahl-shil-LEH-sheem
- IPA
- /ʕalʃilˈleːʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the 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
al-shi-le-SHIM
- 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.
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 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 14:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים (alshileshim) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W15.S1) and character.