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Numbers 14:18 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.


Numbers 14:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:1820 words
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶרֶךְʾereḵəLong
אַפַּיִםʾapayimNose
וְרַבwəravAnd abundant
חֶסֶדḥesedKindness
נֹשֵׂאnōśēʾLift
עָוֺןʿāwōnPerversity
וָפָשַׁעwāp̄āšaʿAnd revolt
וְנַקֵּהwənaqēhAnd be
לֹאlōʾNot
יְנַקֶּהyənaqehBe
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶרֶךְʾereḵəLong
אַפַּיִםʾapayimNose
וְרַבwəravAnd abundant
חֶסֶדḥesedKindness
נֹשֵׂאnōśēʾLift
עָוֺןʿāwōnPerversity
וָפָשַׁעwāp̄āšaʿAnd revolt
וְנַקֵּהwənaqēhAnd be
לֹאlōʾNot
יְנַקֶּהyənaqehBe
פֹּקֵדpōqēdVisit
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
אָבוֹתʾāvwōtFather
עַלʿalAbove
בָּנִיםbānîmSon
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁלֵּשִׁיםšilēšîmThird
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
רִבֵּעִיםribēʿîmFourth

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