Genesis 15:13:7Gen.15.13.W7TAB
זַרְעֲךָ֗
zareakha
“your offspring”
- Transliteration
- za-re-a-KHA
- Extended
- zah-reh-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /zar.ʕăˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
za-re-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Root and etymology
Rootz–r–ʿ
“to sow, seed”
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word זַרְעֲךָ֗ (zareakha) 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 Gen.15.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W7.S1) and character.