Genesis 38:8:10Gen.38.8.W10PAT
זֶ֖רַע
zera
“seed”
- Transliteration
- ZE-ra
- Extended
- ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /ˈzɛ.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- seed
- French
- semence
- Spanish
- simiente
- Portuguese
- semente
- German
- Same
- Russian
- семя
- Arabic-Simplified
- نسلًا
- Hindi
- वंश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 后裔
- Korean
- 씨
- Indonesian
- benih
- Bengali
- বীজ
- Tagalog
- binhi
- Swahili
- mbegu
- Amharic
- ዘር
- Yoruba
- irúgbìn
- Igbo
- mkpụrụ
- Twi
- aba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ZE-ra
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra
- clause
ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra le-a-KHI-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA le-o-NAN BO el-E-shet a-KHI-kha ve-yab-BEM o-TAH ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra le-a-KHI-kha
In context — Genesis 38:8
and said Judah to Onan go in to the wife of your brother and perform brother-in-law duty her and raise up seed for your brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 38:8, so the Hebrew word זֶ֖רַע (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.38.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.8.W10.S1) and character.