1 Kings 18:32:101 Kgs.18.32.W10TAB
זֶ֔רַע
zera
“seed”
- Transliteration
- ZE-ra
- Extended
- ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /ˈzɛraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ZE-ra
- phraseyour reading level
sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra
- clause
va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The comparative phrase keveyt saʾatayîm zêraʿ {כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם זֶרַע | kəbêyt saʾatayîm zêraʿ} equates the trench’s size to the capacity for two seahs of seed, where keveyt marks comparison, saʾatayîm is a dual measure, and zêraʿ names the substance.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, sowing”
In context — 1 Kings 18:32
And he built the stones into an altar in the name of the LORD and made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word זֶ֔רַע (zera) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.32.W10.S1) and character.