Isaiah 19:7:6Isa.19.7.W6TAB
מִזְרַ֣ע
mizra
“sowing or seed”
- Transliteration
- miz-RA
- Extended
- mihz-RA
- IPA
- /mizˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sowing or seed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
miz-RA
- phraseyour reading level
miz-RA ye-OR
- clause
ve-KHOL miz-RA ye-OR yi-VAHSH nid-DAF ve-E-ne-NU
- sentence
A-rot al-ye-OR al-PI ye-OR ve-KHOL miz-RA ye-OR yi-VAHSH nid-DAF ve-E-ne-NU
Exegesis
The construct mizra’ ye’or {מִזְרַע יְאֹר | miz-rāʿ yə-ʾôr} ‘sown thing of the river’ denotes fields irrigated by the Nile’s waters.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–ayin
“to sow”
In context — Isaiah 19:7
The bare places along the river, at the mouth-of the river, and every sown-field by the river will dry up , be driven away, and will be no more.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:7, so the Hebrew word מִזְרַ֣ע (mizra) 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 Isa.19.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.7.W6.S1) and character.