Malachi 2:3:4Mal.2.3.W4TAB

אֶת־הַזֶּ֔רַע

ethazera

“the offspring or the seed”

Transliteration: et-ha-ZE-ra
Extended: eht-hah-ZEH-rah
IPA: /ʔɛt.hazˈzɛ.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English: the offspring or the seed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הַ + זֶּ֔ + רַע

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et + ha + ze + ra

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ethazera

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	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
et-ha-ZE-ra
clause
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem
sentence
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem ve-na-SA et-ke-KHEM e-LAV

Exegesis

The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces the direct object ha-zeraʿ {הַזֶּרַע | ha-zeraʿ} ‘seed,’ emphasizing lineage.

Root and etymology

Rootzayin–resh–ayin

“seed, offspring”

In context — Malachi 2:3

Behold, I will rebuke your offspring , and I will throw dung upon your faces—the dung of your feasts—and you will be carried away with it.

About this coordinate

Malachi 2:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Malachi 2:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַזֶּ֔רַע (ethazera) 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 Mal.2.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.3.W4.S1) and character.

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