1 Chronicles 16:18:41 Chr.16.18.W4TAB
אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֔עַן
eretskenaan
“land of Canaan”
- Transliteration
- E-rets-ke-NA-an
- Extended
- EH-rehts-keh-NAH-ahn
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛrɛts.kəˈnaː.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- land of Canaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-rets-ke-NA-an
- phraseyour reading level
e-TEN E-rets-ke-NA-an
- sentence
le-MOR le-KHA e-TEN E-rets-ke-NA-an KHE-vel na-kha-LAT-khem
Exegesis
The construct chain eretz-kenaan {אֶרֶץ־כְּנָעַן | ʾereṣ-kenāʿan} ‘land of Canaan’ specifies the territory.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-tsade
“earth; land”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:18
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֔עַן (eretskenaan) 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 1 Chr.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.18.W4.S1) and character.