Numbers 15:23:12Num.15.23.W12TAB
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
ledoroteikhem
“throughout your generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /lədoːreˈtɛːxɛm/
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
min-ha-YOM a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ha-le-AH le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- sentence
ET KOL-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-mo-SHEH min-ha-YOM a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ha-le-AH le-do-ro-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The adverbial conjunction vā-hā-lāh {וָהָלְאָה | wā-hā-lāh} ‘and onward’ extends the temporal frame, which is completed by lᵉ-dô-rô-ṯê-ḵem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lᵉ-dô-rô-ṯê-ḵem} ‘for your generations’, indicating perpetual applicability. The English rendering consolidates these elements into a main clause with a subordinate temporal clause to preserve both the original sequence and continuous scope of the command.
Root and etymology
RootDalet, Vav, Resh
“generation”
In context — Numbers 15:23
All that the LORD has commanded you through Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded and onward for your generations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 15:23, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (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.15.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.23.W12.S1) and character.