Numbers 14:18:6Num.14.18.W6TAB
עָוֺ֖ן
avon
“iniquity”
- Transliteration
- a-VON
- Extended
- ah-VOHN
- IPA
- /ʔaˈvon/
Meaning by language
- English
- iniquity
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VON
- phraseyour reading level
no-SE a-VON
- 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 participial clause nō·śē ʿā·wōn wā·pā·šaʿ {נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע | nō·śē ʿā·wōn wā·pā·šaʿ} ‘bearing iniquity and transgression’ combined with the emphatic infinitive absolute wə·naq·qē lōʾ yə·naq·qē {וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה | wə·naq·qē lōʾ yə·naq·qē} underscores that God does not simply clear the guilty.
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
RootAyin, Vav, Nun
“iniquity”
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 14:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:18, so the Hebrew word עָוֺ֖ן (avon) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W6.S1) and character.