Numbers 15:25:18Num.15.25.W18TAB
עַל־שִׁגְגָתָֽם׃
alshiggatam
“for their mistake”
- Transliteration
- al-shig-ga-TAM
- Extended
- ahl-shig-gah-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃiɡɡaˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- for their mistake
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-shig-ga-TAM
- clause
ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
Exegesis
The closing phrase al-sheggatam {עַל־שִׁגְגָתָֽם | ʿal-šig-gā-tām} ‘upon their error’ makes explicit the purpose of the ritual.
Root and etymology
ש־ג־ג
“err, stray”
In context — Numbers 15:25
And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven to them, for it was an unintentional error , and they have presented their offerings—a fire offering to the LORD —and their sin offering before the LORD for their error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:25:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 15:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־שִׁגְגָתָֽם׃ (alshiggatam) 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.15.25.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.25.W18.S1) and character.