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title: רִבֵּעַ — pertaining to the fourth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִבֵּעַ (7256), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: pertaining to the fourth. BDB 1906: adj. pertaining to the fourth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִבֵּעַ

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«רִבֵּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pertaining to the fourth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 7256 · **BDB:** רִבֵּעַ

### Glosses

a.fourth.generation (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִבֵּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7256/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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;

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