Leviticus 22:4:3Lev.22.4.W3TAB
מִזֶּ֣רַע
mizera
“from the offspring of”
- Transliteration
- mi-ZE-RA
- Extended
- mih-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /mizˈzɛraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the offspring of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-ZE-RA
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON
- clause
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The prepositional construct mi-zera Aharon {מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן | mi-zē-raʿ ʾă-hă-rōn} specifies Aaronic lineage.
Root and etymology
z-r-r
“to be a stranger”
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word מִזֶּ֣רַע (mizera) 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.22.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W3.S1) and character.