Numbers 15:26:10Num.15.26.W10TAB
בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃
bishgagah
“in error”
- Transliteration
- bish-ga-GAH
- Extended
- bish-gah-GAAH
- IPA
- /biʃgaˈgaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in error
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-ga-GAH
- clause
KI le-KHOL-ha-AM bish-ga-GAH
- 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 causal conjunction ki {כִּ֥י | kî́} leads into le-khol ha-ʿam bi-shgagah {לְכָל־הָעָם בִּשְׁגָגָה | lə-ḥōl hā-ʿā́m bi-šə-gá-gā} ‘because the whole people were in error’, marking the unintentional nature of the offense. The repeated kol ‘all’ and the balanced coordination reinforce inclusive corporate forgiveness, and the passive voice preserves the theological nuance of divine agency without naming the subject.
Root and etymology
š-g-gshin-gimel-gimel
“to err by mistake”
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 15:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 15:26, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃ (bishgagah) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.26.W10.S1) and character.