Numbers 18:23:12Num.18.23.W12TAB
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם
ledoroteikhem
“throughout your generations”
- Transliteration
- le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- Extended
- leh-doh-roh-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /lədoːrɔˈteːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- throughout your 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- clause
khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA
- sentence
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA
Exegesis
The legal formula chukat olam {חֻקַּת עוֹלָם | ḥū-qaṯ ʿō-lām} ‘statute of everlasting’ paired with ledoroteichem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-dô-rō-ṯê-ḵem} ‘for your generations’ establishes a perpetual ordinance.
In context — Numbers 18:23
But the Levite —he himself—shall carry out the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their guilt. This is an everlasting statute for your generations. And among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 18:23, so the Hebrew word לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (ledoroteikhem) 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.18.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W12.S1) and character.