Genesis 16:10:7Gen.16.10.W7TAB
אֶת־זַרְעֵ֑ךְ
etzarekh
“your offspring”
- Transliteration
- et-zar-EKH
- Extended
- eht-zahr-EHKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.zar.ˈʕeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-zar-EKH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} highlights the focus on zar'ekh {זַרְעֵךְ | zar-ʿēḵ} (‘your seed’).
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿ
“to sow, scatter seed”
In context — Genesis 16:10
And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 16:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זַרְעֵ֑ךְ (etzarekh) 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.16.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W7.S1) and character.