Leviticus 20:4:10Lev.20.4.W10TAB
מִזַּרְע֖וֹ
mizaro
“of his offspring”
- Transliteration
- mi-zar-O
- Extended
- mee-zahr-OH
- IPA
- /miz.zarˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-zar-O
- phraseyour reading level
be-tit-TO mi-zar-O
- clause
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh
- sentence
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
Exegesis
The chained construction betitto mizra'o la-molekh {בְּתִתּוֹ מִזַּרְע֖וֹ לַמֹּלֶךְ | bə-ṯittô miz-zaʿô la-Mōleḵ} links the sacrificial act as the triggering event.
Root and etymology
Rootz-r-ʿ
“seed, offspring”
In context — Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land willfully hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molekh, so as not to put him to death—
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 20:4, so the Hebrew word מִזַּרְע֖וֹ (mizaro) 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.20.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.4.W10.S1) and character.