Ezekiel 20:5:11Ezek.20.5.W11TAB
לְזֶ֙רַע֙
lezera
“to the offspring”
- Transliteration
- le-ZE-ra
- Extended
- leh-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /ləˈzɛ.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ZE-ra
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-e-SA ya-DI la-HEM le-MOR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The repeated ritual idiom vaessa yadi {וָאֶשָּׂא יָדִי | wā-ʾeś-śā yā-ḏî} ‘and I lifted up my hand’ functions as an oath formula to lezera‘ beit Ya‘akov {לְזֶרַע בֵּית יַעֲקֹב | lə-ze-raʿ bêṯ ya-ʿă-qōḇ}, emphasizing covenant lineage.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿZayin–Resh–Ayin
“seed”
In context — Ezekiel 20:5
And you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up my hand to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 20:5, so the Hebrew word לְזֶ֙רַע֙ (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 Ezek.20.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.5.W11.S1) and character.