Numbers 15:38:11Num.15.38.W11TAB
לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם
ledorotam
“throughout their generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-TAM
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-TAM
- IPA
- /lədoːrɔˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- throughout their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-do-ro-TAM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
Exegesis
The temporal modifier ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם | lə-dō-rō-tām} ‘for their generations’ denotes perpetuity.
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם (ledorotam) 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.15.38.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W11.S1) and character.