Genesis 17:7:14Gen.17.7.W14TAB
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖
ulezareakha
“and to your offspring”
- Transliteration
- u-le-za-re-a-KHA
- Extended
- oo-leh-zah-reh-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /uː.lə.zar.ʕă.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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Word in context
- word
u-le-za-re-a-KHA
- clause
lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
- sentence
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lihyot {לִהְיוֹת | lih-yō-ṯ} introduces purpose, leading into the double lamed frame lekha le’Elohim ulzarʿakha achareikha {לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ | lə-kā lê-ʾĕ-lō-hîm ū-lə-zar-ʿă-kā ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā}, which articulates God’s ongoing relational role to both Abraham and his descendants. In English, the original verb-first construction is rendered subject-verb to enhance clarity, and the layered prepositional elements are punctuated to preserve the verse’s intergenerational and covenantal emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin-resh-ayin
“to sow, seed”
In context — Genesis 17:7
I will confirm My covenant between Me and you and between your seed after you in every generation, as an everlasting covenant, so that I will be God to you and to your seed after you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ (ulezareakha) 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.17.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W14.S1) and character.