Leviticus 18:20:5Lev.18.20.W5TAB
לְזָ֑רַע
lehzaara
“for seed”
- Transliteration
- leh-ZAA-ra
- Extended
- leh-ZAA-ra
- IPA
- /lə.ˈzaː.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for seed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
leh-ZAA-ra
- clause
veh-el-EH-shet ah-meet-KHAA loh-tih-TEN sheh-KHAV-teh-KHAA leh-ZAA-ra
- sentence
veh-el-EH-shet ah-meet-KHAA loh-tih-TEN sheh-KHAV-teh-KHAA leh-ZAA-ra leh-tah-meh-AA-vah
Exegesis
The sequential prepositional phrases lezera {לְזָ֑רַע | lə-zā-raʿ} ‘for seed’ and letameah bah {לְטָמְאָה־בָֽהּ | lə-ṭā-me-ʾāh bāh} ‘for impurity in her’ express purpose followed by result. This syntactic pattern of intent and consequence underscores the ongoing nature of the prohibition and the centrality of ritual purity in Israelite law.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿz-r-ʿ
“seed, offspring”
In context — Leviticus 18:20
And you shall not give your intimacy to the wife of your companion, to defile yourself with her.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:20, so the Hebrew word לְזָ֑רַע (lehzaara) 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 Lev.18.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.20.W5.S1) and character.