Numbers 18:23:9Num.18.23.W9TAB
עֲוֺנָ֑ם
avonam
“their iniquity”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-NAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-NAHM
- IPA
- /ʕăvoˈnam/
Meaning by language
- English
- their iniquity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-NAM
- phraseyour reading level
yis-U a-vo-NAM
- clause
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM
- 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 shift to vehem {וְהֵם | wə-hēm} ‘and they’ with yisau {יִשְׂאוּ | yiś-ʾû} ‘shall bear’ and avonam {עֲוֺנָם | ʿa-vō-nām} ‘their guilt’ emphasizes collective accountability.
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 18:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:23, so the Hebrew word עֲוֺנָ֑ם (avonam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W9.S1) and character.