Numbers 25:13:3Num.25.13.W3TAB
וּלְזַרְעוֹ
ulezaro
“and to his descendants”
- Transliteration
- u-le-zar-O
- Extended
- oo-leh-zahr-OH
- IPA
- /u.ləzarˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to his descendants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-zar-O
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Possession and succession are expressed by lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’, ulezar’o {וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ | ū-lə-zar-ʿō} ‘and to his seed’, and acharav {אַחֲרָ֔יו | ʼa-ḥă-rā-v} ‘after him’, indicating the hereditary scope of the covenant.
In context — Numbers 25:13
And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word וּלְזַרְעוֹ (ulezaro) 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 Num.25.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W3.S1) and character.