Ezekiel 17:5:2Ezek.17.5.W2TAB
מִזֶּ֣רַע
mizzera
“from seed of”
- Transliteration
- miz-ZE-ra
- Extended
- mihz-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /mizˈzɛ.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from 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 ha-A-rets
- clause
va-yik-KAKH miz-ZE-ra ha-A-rets va-yit-ne-HU bish-de-ZA-ra
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH miz-ZE-ra ha-A-rets va-yit-ne-HU bish-de-ZA-ra KAKH al-MA-yim rab-BIM tsaf-tsa-FA SA-mo
Exegesis
The noun phrase mi-zē-raʿ ha-ʾā-reṣ {מִזֶּ֣רַע הָאָ֔רֶץ | mi-zē-raʿ ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘from the seed of the land’ uses a construct chain to indicate origin.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Ezekiel 17:5
And he took seed from the land and planted it in a field ; he set it by abundant waters and made it grow as a willow.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:5, 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 Ezek.17.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.5.W2.S1) and character.