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# רִבֵּעַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7256

**pertaining to the fourth** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

pertaining to the fourth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7256/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רִבֵּעַ: adj. pertaining to the fourth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7256/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. pertaining to the fourth (in a series);—pl. in phr. עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים, i.e. those belonging to the 3rd and 4th generations, Ex 20:5 (E) = Dt 5:9; Ex 34:7 (J), Nu 14:18 (JE), cf. 1 supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a fourth generation (4).

## In the verses

[Numbers 14:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.18/#tree)

יְהוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֺ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty \[he.is\].forgiving iniquity and transgression and certainly.(leave.unpunished) not he.will.leave.unpunished \[he.is\].visiting \[the\].iniquity of.parents on \[the\].children on a.third.generation and on a.fourth.generation

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

[Exodus 20:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.5/#tree)

לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣הלָהֶ֖ם֮וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒כִּ֣י אָֽנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָבֹ֧ת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י

*Word for word:* not you.must.bow.down to them and not you must.be.enticed.to.serve.them (dm) I Yahweh God your \[am\].a.God jealous \[who\].visits \[the\].iniquity of.fathers on children on a.third.generation and on a.fourth.generation of \[those who\].hate.me

*JPS 1917:* thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7256.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7256/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).