Genesis 17:10:8Gen.17.10.W8TAB
זַרְעֲךָ֖
zarakha
“your offspring”
- Transliteration
- zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- zahr-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /zar.ʕă.ˈxaː/
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 | 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
zar-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEIN zar-a-KHA
- clause
ZOT be-ri-TI a-SHER tish-me-RU bei-NI u-vei-nei-KHEM u-VEIN zar-a-KHA a-kha-REI-kha
- sentence
ZOT be-ri-TI a-SHER tish-me-RU bei-NI u-vei-nei-KHEM u-VEIN zar-a-KHA a-kha-REI-kha him-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR
Exegesis
A rhythmic series of prepositional phrases—beyni {בֵּינִי | bê-nî} ‘between Me’, uveineichem {וּבֵינֵיכֶם | û-bê-nê-ḵem} ‘and between you’, and uvein zarakha acharekha {וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ | û-bên zar-ʿă-ḵā ʾa-ḥa-rê-ḵā} ‘and between your offspring after you’—frames the relational and generational scope.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 17:10
This is My covenant that you are to keep between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you must be circumcised.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:10, so the Hebrew word זַרְעֲךָ֖ (zarakha) 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.17.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.10.W8.S1) and character.