Genesis 26:3:8Gen.26.3.W8TAB
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗
ulezarakha
“and to your offspring”
- Transliteration
- u-le-zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- oo-leh-zahr-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /uː.lə.zar.ʕăˈxaː/
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 | 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
u-le-zar-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA
- clause
ki-le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA e-TEN et-kol-ha-a-ra-TSOT ha-EL va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-ha-she-vu-A a-SHER nish-BA-ti le-av-ra-HAM a-VI-kha
- sentence
GUR ba-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-eh-YEH im-me-KHA va-a-var-khe-KA ki-le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA e-TEN et-kol-ha-a-ra-TSOT ha-EL va-ha-ki-MO-ti et-ha-she-vu-A a-SHER nish-BA-ti le-av-ra-HAM a-VI-kha
Exegesis
The explanatory conjunction kilkha ulzarakhkha {כִּֽי־לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ} ‘for to you and to your offspring’ introduces etten {אֶתֵּן | ʾettēn} ‘I will give,’ whose direct object etkolhaaretsot hael {אֶת־כָּל־הָֽאֲרָצֹת הָאֵ֔ל} ‘all these lands’ denotes the full territorial grant.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿZayin–Resh–Ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 26:3
Stay as a sojourner in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will confirm the oath I swore to Abraham your father.
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:3, so the Hebrew word וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ (ulezarakha) 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.26.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.3.W8.S1) and character.