Daniel 9:1:5Dan.9.1.W5TAB

מִזֶּ֣רַע

mizzera

from the seed of

Transliteration
miz-ZE-ra
Extended
mihz-ZEH-rah
IPA
/mizˈzɛ.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English
from the seed of

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Result
מִז + זֶּ֣ + רַע
miz + ze + ra
mizzera

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    miz-ZE-ra

  2. phraseyour reading level

    miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI

  3. clause

    bish-NAT a-KHAT le-da-re-YA-vesh ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI

  4. sentence

    bish-NAT a-KHAT le-da-re-YA-vesh ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI a-SHER ha-me-LAKH AL mal-KHUT kas-DIM

Exegesis

The genitive chain mizera Madai {מִזֶּרַע מָדָ֑י | mi-zē-raʿ mā-ḏāy} indicates Medes descent.

Root and etymology

Rootzayin–resh–ayin

seed, offspring

In contextDaniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans .

About this coordinate

Daniel 9:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 9:1, so the Hebrew word מִזֶּ֣רַע (mizzera) 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 Dan.9.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.1.W5.S1) and character.