Numbers 14:20:3Num.14.20.W3TAB
סָלַ֖חְתִּי
salakhti
“I have pardoned”
- Transliteration
- sa-lakh-TI
- Extended
- saa-lakh-TEE
- IPA
- /sa.laχˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have pardoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-lakh-TI
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH sa-lakh-TI kid-va-RE-kha
Exegesis
The subject–predicate order places the divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yəhôwāh} ‘LORD’ before the verb salakhti {סָלַ֖חְתִּי | sālāḥtî} ‘I have forgiven’, emphasizing the completed act of pardon.
Root and etymology
s-l-ḥsame
“to forgive, pardon”
In context — Numbers 14:20
And the LORD said, “I have forgiven according to your word.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:20, so the Hebrew word סָלַ֖חְתִּי (salakhti) 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.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.20.W3.S1) and character.