Leviticus 21:17:5Lev.21.17.W5TAB
מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֞
mizzarakha
“from your descendants”
- Transliteration
- miz-zar-a-KHA
- Extended
- mih-zar-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /miz.zar.ʕa.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from your descendants
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 | |
| 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
miz-zar-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ISH miz-zar-a-KHA
- clause
ISH miz-zar-a-KHA le-do-ro-TAM a-SHER yih-YEH VO MUM LO yik-RAV le-hak-RIV LE-khem e-lo-HAV
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON le-MOR ISH miz-zar-a-KHA le-do-ro-TAM a-SHER yih-YEH VO MUM LO yik-RAV le-hak-RIV LE-khem e-lo-HAV
Exegesis
The genitive construct mizarakha {מִזַּרְעֲךָ | mizzarʿăḵā} with ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָם | ledōrōṯām} establishes a perpetual priestly lineage, while the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} restricts the scope to those “in whom is a defect.”
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ע
“seed”
In context — Leviticus 21:17
Speak to Aaron, saying, “Any man from your descendants through their generations who has in him a defect shall not approach to offer the bread of his God .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 21:17, so the Hebrew word מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֞ (mizzarakha) 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.21.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.17.W5.S1) and character.