Proverbs 11:21:5Prov.11.21.W5TAB
וְזֶ֖רַע
vezera
“and seed or offspring”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZE-ra
- Extended
- veh-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /vəzɛˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seed or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ZE-ra
- clause
ve-ZE-ra tsa-di-KIM nim-LAT
- sentence
YAD le-YAD LO-yi-NA-ke RA ve-ZE-ra tsa-di-KIM nim-LAT
Exegesis
The conjunction vav in ve-zer‘a {וְזֶ֖רַע | wə-zeraʿ} signals an antithetic parallelism, introducing the positive counterpart of the righteous’ offspring.
Root and etymology
z-r-‘zayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
In context — Proverbs 11:21
Hand-to-hand, the wicked will not be acquitted , but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 11:21, so the Hebrew word וְזֶ֖רַע (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 Prov.11.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.21.W5.S1) and character.