Genesis 17:12:14Gen.17.12.W14TAB
מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖
mizarakha
“of your offspring”
- Transliteration
- mi-zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- mih-zar-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /miz.zar.ʕă.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-zar-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
LO mi-zar-a-KHA
- clause
ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU
- sentence
u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef mi-KOL ben-ne-KHAR a-SHER LO mi-zar-a-KHA HU
Exegesis
The phrase mikol ben-nechar {מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר | mi-kōl ben-nê-ḵār} ‘from every son of a foreigner’ plus the relative clause asher lo mizzar'akha hu {אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ הֽוּא | ʾă-šer lō miz-zar-ʿă-ḵā hû} ‘who is not from your descendants’ narrows inclusion to non-native members. English rendering distributes modifiers into clear temporal, causal, and relative clauses to preserve the detailed legal scope while maintaining readability.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿZayin–Resh–Ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 17:12
Every male among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, throughout your generations—whether he is born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner who is not of your descendants .
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 17:12, so the Hebrew word מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ (mizarakha) 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.17.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.12.W14.S1) and character.