Numbers 14:19:2Num.14.19.W2TAB
לַעֲוֺ֛ן
laavon
“the iniquity”
- Transliteration
- la-a-VON
- Extended
- lah-a-VOHN
- IPA
- /la.ʕaˈvoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the iniquity
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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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Word in context
- word
la-a-VON
- 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 object la'avon {לַעֲוֺן | lă-ă-vōn} ‘iniquity’ is connected to the demonstrative phrase ha'am hazzeh {הָעָם הַזֶּה | hā-ʿām haz-zeh} ‘this people’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-v-nayin–vav–nun
“iniquity”
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 14:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 14:19, so the Hebrew word לַעֲוֺ֛ן (laavon) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.19.W2.S1) and character.