Leviticus 21:15:2Lev.21.15.W2TAB
זַרְע֖וֹ
zaro
“his offspring”
- Transliteration
- zar-O
- Extended
- zar-OH
- IPA
- /zarˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
zar-O
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O
- clause
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O be-am-AV
- sentence
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O be-am-AV KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-DEH-sho
Exegesis
The construct zar'o {זַרְע֖וֹ | zar-ʿō} ‘offspring’ with a pronominal suffix highlights lineage without an intervening preposition.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־עzayin-resh-ayin
“to sow, seed, offspring”
In context — Leviticus 21:15
And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who makes him holy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 21:15, so the Hebrew word זַרְע֖וֹ (zaro) 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.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.15.W2.S1) and character.