Leviticus 25:4:11Lev.25.4.W11TAB
תִזְרָ֔ע
tizra
“sow”
- Transliteration
- tiz-RA
- Extended
- tiz-RAA
- IPA
- /tizˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tiz-RA
- phraseyour reading level
LO tiz-RA
- clause
sahd-KHA LO tiz-RA ve-kar-me-KHA LO tiz-MOR
- sentence
oo-va-sha-NA ha-she-VEE-IT sha-BAT sha-ba-TON yih-YEH la-A-rets sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH sahd-KHA LO tiz-RA ve-kar-me-KHA LO tiz-MOR
Exegesis
The prohibitions sadekha lo tizra {שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע | śā-ḏə-kā lōʾ tiz-rā‘} and ve-karmecha lo tizmor {וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר | wə-ḵar-mə-kā lōʾ tiz-mōr} employ second person masculine singular forms, with prohibitive particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} preceding each verb to emphasize the command.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ע
“to sow, scatter seed”
In context — Leviticus 25:4
But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of complete rest for the land—a sabbath to the LORD . Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 25:4, so the Hebrew word תִזְרָ֔ע (tizra) 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.25.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.4.W11.S1) and character.