Numbers 14:18:7Num.14.18.W7TAB
וָפָ֑שַׁע
vafasha
“and transgression”
- Transliteration
- va-FA-sha
- Extended
- vah-FAH-shah
- IPA
- /vaˈfaʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and transgression
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-FA-sha
- 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.
Root and etymology
RootPe, Shin, Ayin
“transgress”
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 14:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:18, so the Hebrew word וָפָ֑שַׁע (vafasha) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W7.S1) and character.