2 Chronicles 20:7:122 Chr.20.7.W12TAB
לְזֶ֛רַע
lezera
“to {the} offspring of”
- Transliteration
- le-ZE-ra
- Extended
- leh-ZEH-ra
- IPA
- /ləˈzɛraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to {the} offspring of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-ZE-ra
- clause
va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
- sentence
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive imperfect vatittenah {וַתִּתְּנָהּ | wat-tit-tən-nah} ‘and you gave it’ introduces the grant via the infinitive construct lezera Avraham {לְזֶרַע אַבְרָהָם | le-zē-rāʿ ʾav-rä-hām} ‘to the seed of Abraham’.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:7
Is it not You, our God , who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, Your friend, forever?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word לְזֶ֛רַע (lezera) 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 2 Chr.20.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.7.W12.S1) and character.