1 Samuel 24:21:61 Sam.24.21.W6TABWLC 1 Samuel 24:22
אֶת־זַרְעִ֖י
etzari
“my offspring”
- Transliteration
- et-zar-I
- Extended
- eht-zahr-EE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.zarˈʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-zar-I
- phraseyour reading level
im-ta-kh-RIT et-zar-I
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-sha-VE-a LI ba-ye-ho-VAH im-ta-kh-RIT et-zar-I a-kha-RAI ve-im-ta-shi-MID et-she-MI mi-BET A-VI
Exegesis
The repeated object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} before zar‘i {זַרְעִי | zarāʿî} ‘my seed’ and shmi {שְׁמִי | šəmî} ‘my name’ forms a parallelism linking David’s lineage and reputation.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ע
“seed, offspring”
In context — 1 Samuel 24:21
And now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name from the house of my father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 24:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זַרְעִ֖י (etzari) 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 Sam.24.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.24.21.W6.S1) and character.