Genesis 1:11:8Gen.1.11.W8PAT

זֶ֔רַע

zera

seed

Transliteration
ZE-ra
Extended
ZEH-rah
IPA
/ˈzɛ.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English
seed
French
semence
Spanish
semilla
Portuguese
semente
German
Samen
Russian
семя
Arabic-Simplified
بَذْرًا
Hindi
बीज
Chinese-Simplified
种子
Korean
Indonesian
benih
Bengali
বীজ
Tagalog
binhi
Swahili
mbegu
Amharic
ዘር
Yoruba
irúgbìn
Igbo
mkpụrụ
Twi
aba
Ewe
nuku

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Result
זֶ֔ + רַע
ze + ra
zera

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZE-ra

  2. phraseyour reading level

    maz-RI-a ZE-ra

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM tad-SHE ha-A-rets DE-she E-sev maz-RI-a ZE-ra ETS pe-RI o-SE pe-RI le-mi-NO a-SHER zar-o-VO al-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM tad-SHE ha-A-rets DE-she E-sev maz-RI-a ZE-ra ETS pe-RI o-SE pe-RI le-mi-NO a-SHER zar-o-VO al-ha-A-rets va-ye-hi-KHEN

In contextGenesis 1:11

God {And He} said the earth sprout vegetation plant yielding seed tree fruit bearing fruit according to its kind in which is its seed on the earth {And} it was so

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:11, so the Hebrew word זֶ֔רַע (zera) 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 Gen.1.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.11.W8.S1) and character.