Leviticus 22:13:6Lev.22.13.W6TAB
וְזֶרַע֮
vezera
“and offspring”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZE-ra
- Extended
- veh-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /vəˈzɛraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and offspring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ZE-ra
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The absolute clause vê-zerāʿ ʾên lāh {וְזֶרַע֮ אֵ֣ין לָהּ֒ | vê-zerāʿ ʾên lāh} ‘and offspring none to her’ emphasizes the absence of descendants.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־עz-r-ʿ
“seed; offspring”
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word וְזֶרַע֮ (vezera) 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.22.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W6.S1) and character.