Genesis 17:9:8Gen.17.9.W8TAB
וְזַרְעֲךָ֥
vezarakha
“and your offspring”
- Transliteration
- ve-zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- veh-zahr-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /wə.zar.ʕă.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | 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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Word in context
- word
ve-zar-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
- clause
a-TA ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI tish-MOR a-TA ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The coordinated construct ve-zarʿekha {וְזַרְעֲךָ | wə-zar-ʿă-kā} ‘and your offspring’ plus acharekha {אַחֲרֶיךָ | ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā} ‘after you’ extends the obligation to Abraham’s seed, and ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָם | lə-dō-rō-tām} ‘for their generations’ establishes the covenant’s multi-generational scope.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin-resh-ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 17:9
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you are to keep My covenant , you and your descendants after you, through their generations.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ (vezarakha) 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.17.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.9.W8.S1) and character.