Genesis 19:32:9Gen.19.32.W9TAB

זָֽרַע׃

zara

offspring

Transliteration
ZA-ra
Extended
ZAA-rah
IPA
/ˈzaː.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English
offspring

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Result
זָֽ + רַע׃
za + ra
zara

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZA-ra

  2. clause

    u-ne-khai-YE me-a-VI-nu ZA-ra

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.