Numbers 14:18:3Num.14.18.W3TAB
אַפַּ֙יִם֙
apayim
“to anger”
- Transliteration
- a-pa-YIM
- Extended
- ah-pah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʔa.paˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-pa-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
E-rekh a-pa-YIM
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH E-rekh a-pa-YIM ve-RAV-KHE-sed no-SE a-VON va-FA-sha
- 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 clause opens with the divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֗ה | Yə·hō·wāh} as subject, followed by the adjectival phrase ʾerekh-appayim {אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ | ʾe·reḵ ʾap·pay·im} ‘slow to anger’ and the coordinated phrase wə-rav-ḥe·sed {וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד | wə·rav ḥe·sed} ‘abundant in steadfast love’.
Root and etymology
p-hpe-he
“mouth”
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 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:18, so the Hebrew word אַפַּ֙יִם֙ (apayim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W3.S1) and character.