Leviticus 20:3:11Lev.20.3.W11TAB
מִזַּרְעוֹ֙
mizzaro
“from his offspring”
- Transliteration
- miz-zar-O
- Extended
- meez-zahr-OH
- IPA
- /mizˈzarʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
miz-zar-O
- phraseyour reading level
KI miz-zar-O
- clause
KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
- sentence
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the rationale in which nāṯān {נָתַן | nāṯān} ‘he gave’ with min-zarʿô {מִזַּרְעוֹ | min-zarʿô} ‘from his offspring’ to la-mōleḵ {לַמֹּלֶךְ | la-mōleḵ} ‘to Molekh’ specifies the idolatrous act.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin-resh-ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Leviticus 20:3
I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from the midst of his people because he gave some of his offspring to Molekh to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:3, so the Hebrew word מִזַּרְעוֹ֙ (mizzaro) 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.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.3.W11.S1) and character.