Genesis 15:3:7Gen.15.3.W7TAB
זָ֑רַע
zara
“offspring”
- Transliteration
- ZA-ra
- Extended
- ZAA-rah
- IPA
- /ˈzaː.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- offspring
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ZA-ra
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra ve-hin-NE ven-bey-TI yo-RESH o-TI
Exegesis
The noun zera {זָרַע | zāraʿ} ‘offspring’ carries covenantal lineage significance, warranting a formal retention and a dynamic shift to “children” for natural readability.
Root and etymology
consonantszayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, “Look, to me You have not given offspring , and look, a son of my household will inherit me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 15:3, so the Hebrew word זָ֑רַע (zara) 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.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.3.W7.S1) and character.