Genesis 17:12:5Gen.17.12.W5TAB
כָּל־זָכָ֖ר
kolzakhar
“every male”
- Transliteration
- kol-za-KHAR
- Extended
- kohl-zah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /kɔl.za.ˈxaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- every male
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
kol-za-KHAR
- clause
u-ven-she-mo-NAT ya-MIM yim-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR le-do-ro-tei-KHEM
- 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 distributive kol zakhar {כָּל־זָכָר | kāl-zā-ḵār} ‘every male’ broadens inclusion to all males.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin–kaf–resh
“male”
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 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 17:12, so the Hebrew word כָּל־זָכָ֖ר (kolzakhar) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.12.W5.S1) and character.