Numbers 15:21:6Num.15.21.W6TAB
לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃
ledorotekhem
“throughout your generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-te-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-tey-KHEM
- IPA
- /lə.doːroˈteː.xem/
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-te-KHEM
- sentence
meh-reh-EH-shit a-ri-so-te-KHEM tit-NU la-ye-ho-VAH te-ru-MAH le-do-ro-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The object terumah ledoroteikhem {תְּרוּמָה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | tĕ-rū-māh lĕ-dō-rō-tē-khem} ‘offering for your generations’ frames the act as perpetual. This word order places emphasis on the heave offering prior to the terminal generational clause, underscoring enduring devotion to the LORD.
Root and etymology
RootDalet, Vav, Resh
“generation”
In context — Numbers 15:21
From the first of your doughs, you shall give an offering to the LORD for your generations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:21, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃ (ledorotekhem) 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.15.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.21.W6.S1) and character.