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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
miz-ZE-ra
- phraseyour reading level
miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI
- clause
bish-NAT a-KHAT le-da-re-YA-vesh ben-a-khash-ve-ROSH miz-ZE-ra ma-DAI
- 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 context — Daniel 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.