Genesis 19:32:9Gen.19.32.W9TAB
זָֽרַע׃
zara
“offspring”
- Transliteration
- ZA-ra
- Extended
- ZAA-rah
- IPA
- /ˈzaː.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ZA-ra
- clause
u-ne-khai-YE me-a-VI-nu ZA-ra
- sentence
le-KHA na-she-KE et-a-VI-nu YA-yin ve-nish-ke-VA im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-VI-nu ZA-ra
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin–resh–ayin
“to sow seed”
In context — Genesis 19:32
Come, let us give our father wine to drink and lie with him so that we may preserve offspring from our father.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:32, so the Hebrew word זָֽרַע׃ (zara) 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.19.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.32.W9.S1) and character.