Numbers 15:28:11Num.15.28.W11TAB
וְנִסְלַ֥ח
venislakh
“and it shall be forgiven”
- Transliteration
- ve-nis-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-nees-LAKH
- IPA
- /vəniˈslaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nis-LAKH LO
- clause
le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO
Exegesis
Finally, the Vav-consecutive Nif‘al Perfect in venislakh {וְנִסְלַ֥ח | wə-nĭs-laḥ} ‘and it shall be forgiven’ marks forgiveness as a divine grant.
Root and etymology
ס־ל־ח
“forgive, pardon”
In context — Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally, by sinning in error before the LORD , to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 15:28, so the Hebrew word וְנִסְלַ֥ח (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.15.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.28.W11.S1) and character.