Original Language Studio
Numbers 14:18
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3068 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- Derivation
- from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;
- KJV renderings
- Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).
- Grammar
- יְהוָ֗ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 6,521 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:4Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:7Genesis 2:8Genesis 2:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְהֹוָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.