Numbers 15:26:1Num.15.26.W1TAB
וְנִסְלַ֗ח
venislakh
“and will be forgiven”
- Transliteration
- ve-nis-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-nees-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vəniˈslaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will be forgiven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nis-LAKH
- clause
ve-nis-LAKH le-KHOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ve-nis-LAKH le-KHOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM KI le-KHOL-ha-AM bish-ga-GAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Nifal perfect venislach {וְנִסְלַ֗ח | wə-nis-lā-ḥ} ‘will be forgiven’, foregrounding divine pardon in the passive.
Root and etymology
ס־ל־ח
“forgive, pardon”
In context — Numbers 15:26
And it will be forgiven to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and to the sojourner who sojourns among them, because the entire people acted in error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:26, so the Hebrew word וְנִסְלַ֗ח (venislakh) 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.15.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.26.W1.S1) and character.