Genesis 15:18:8Gen.15.18.W8TAB
לְזַרְעֲךָ֗
lezarakha
“to your offspring”
- Transliteration
- le-zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- leh-zahr-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /lə.zar.ʕă.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-zar-a-KHA
- clause
le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
Exegesis
Within the speech, the prepositional phrase lezarʿakha {לְזַרְעֲךָ | lə-zar-ʿă-kā} ‘to your descendants’ is dative of advantage, specifying the beneficiaries of the grant.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿ
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt up to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:18, so the Hebrew word לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ (lezarakha) 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.15.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.18.W8.S1) and character.