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
- 씨
- 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
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
he-la-KHEM ZE-ra
- clause
he-la-KHEM ZE-ra u-ze-ra-TEM et-ha-a-da-MA
- 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 context — Genesis 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.