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
Indonesian
benih
Bengali
বীজ
Tagalog
binhi
Swahili
mbegu
Amharic
ዘር
Yoruba
irúgbìn
Igbo
mkpụrụ
Twi
aba

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Result
זֶ֖ + 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

    ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra

  3. clause

    ve-ha-KEM ZE-ra le-a-KHI-kha

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.