Genesis 17:7:6Gen.17.7.W6TAB
זַרְעֲךָ֧
zareakha
“your offspring”
- Transliteration
- za-re-a-KHA
- Extended
- zah-reh-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 | 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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The word
Word in context
- word
za-re-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
- clause
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
- 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
A series of coordinated prepositional phrases—beini {בֵּינִ֣י | bê-nî} and uvenekha {וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ | ū-bê-ne-kā}, followed by uvein zarʿakha achareikha {וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ | ū-bêin zar-ʿă-kā ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā}—situates the covenant between God, Abraham, and his seed, with achareikha ‘after you’ extending the promise beyond Abraham’s lifetime.
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 17:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word זַרְעֲךָ֧ (zareakha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W6.S1) and character.