Leviticus 18:21:1Lev.18.21.W1TAB
וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥
oomihzahrahkha
“and from your offspring”
- Transliteration
- oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA
- Extended
- oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /u.mi.zar.ʕaˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from your offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN
- clause
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh
- sentence
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with umi-zar‘akha {וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ | û-mi-zar-ʻa-kha} ‘and from your offspring’, situating the prohibition in a generational context.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿz-r-ʿ
“seed, offspring”
In context — Leviticus 18:21
And from your offspring you shall not give to Molech to make them pass through the fire, and you shall not profane the name of your God . I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:21, so the Hebrew word וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ (oomihzahrahkha) 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.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.21.W1.S1) and character.