Genesis 28:13:20Gen.28.13.W20TAB
וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃
ulezarekha
“and to your offspring”
- Transliteration
- u-le-zar-E-kha
- Extended
- oo-leh-zahr-EH-khah
- IPA
- /u.lə.zar.ˈʕɛ.xaː/
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-zar-E-kha
- clause
ha-A-rets a-SHER a-TA sho-KHEV a-LE-ha le-KHA et-te-NEN-na u-le-zar-E-kha
- sentence
ve-hin-NE Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV a-LAV va-yo-MAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI av-ra-HAM a-VI-kha ve-e-lo-HEI yit-se-KHAK ha-A-rets a-SHER a-TA sho-KHEV a-LE-ha le-KHA et-te-NEN-na u-le-zar-E-kha
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD was standing above it, and He said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your forefather and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Genesis 28:13, so the Hebrew word וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ (ulezarekha) 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.28.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.13.W20.S1) and character.