Numbers 14:19:1Num.14.19.W1TAB
סְלַֽח־נָ֗א
selakhna
“forgive, please”
- Transliteration
- se-LAKH-NA
- Extended
- seh-LAHKH-NAH
- IPA
- /səˈlaħ.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- forgive, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-LAKH-NA
- clause
se-LAKH-NA la-a-VON ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-GO-del khas-DE-kha
- sentence
se-LAKH-NA la-a-VON ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-GO-del khas-DE-kha ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mits-RA-yim ve-AD-hen-NAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with selach-na {סְלַֽח־נָ֗א | sə-lā-ḥ-nā} ‘forgive now’, using the Piel imperative with the entreaty particle nā to intensify the petition.
Root and etymology
s-l-ḥsamekh–lamed–chet
“to forgive”
In context — Numbers 14:19
Please forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your mercy, and just as You have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:19, so the Hebrew word סְלַֽח־נָ֗א (selakhna) 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.14.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.19.W1.S1) and character.