Numbers 15:14:6Num.15.14.W6TAB
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם
ledoroteikhem
“throughout your generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /lədoːroˈteːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- throughout your generations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- clause
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER ta-a-SU KEN ya-a-SEH
Exegesis
The phrase lə-dō-rō-ṯê-khem {לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | lə-dō-rō-ṯê-khem} ‘for your generations’ sets the enduring legal scope.
Root and etymology
RootDalet, Vav, Resh
“generation”
In context — Numbers 15:14
And when a sojourner is among you in every generation and offers a fire offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD , just as you do, so shall he do.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:14, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (ledoroteikhem) 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.15.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.14.W6.S1) and character.