Keeping
natsar (naw-tsar')
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
mercy
checed (kheh'-sed)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
for thousands
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
forgiving
nasa' (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
iniquity
`avon (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
and transgression
pesha` (peh'-shah)
a revolt (national, moral or religious) -- rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
and sin
chatta'ah (khat-taw-aw')
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
and that will by no means
naqah (naw-kaw')
to be (or make) clean; by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
clear
naqah (naw-kaw')
to be (or make) clean; by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
the guilty visiting
paqad (paw-kad')
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
the iniquity
`avon (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
of the fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
upon the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
and upon the children's
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
children unto the third
shillesh (shil-laysh')
a descendant of the third degree, i.e. great grandchild -- third (generation).
and to the fourth
ribbea` ' (rib-bay'-ah)
a descendant of the fourth generation, i.e. great great grandchild -- fourth.
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