Genesis 47:23:11Gen.47.23.W11PAT

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
بذر
Hindi
बीज
Chinese-Simplified
种子
Korean
Indonesian
benih
Bengali
বীজ
Tagalog
binhi
Swahili
mbegu
Amharic
ዘር
Yoruba
irúgbìn
Igbo
mkpụrụ
Twi
abaa
Ewe
nuku

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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

    he-la-KHEM ZE-ra

  3. clause

    he-la-KHEM ZE-ra u-ze-ra-TEM et-ha-a-da-MA

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-ha-AM HEN ka-NI-ti et-KHEM ha-YOM ve-et-ad-mat-KHEM le-far-OH he-la-KHEM ZE-ra u-ze-ra-TEM et-ha-a-da-MA

In contextGenesis 47:23

{And} said Joseph to the people behold I have bought you today and your land for Pharaoh here for you seed {And} you will sow the ground

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 47:23, 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.47.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.23.W11.S1) and character.