1 Chronicles 22:2:61 Chr.22.2.W6TAB

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

beerets

in the land of

Transliteration
be-E-rets
Extended
beh-EH-rehts
IPA
/bəˈʔɛrɛts/

Meaning by language

English
in the land of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אֶ֣ + רֶץ
be + e + rets
beerets

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-E-rets

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM lakh-TSOV av-NEI ga-ZIT liv-NOT BET ha-e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ and beeretz {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | bə-ʾereṣ} ‘in the land’ specifying yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yiśrāʼēl} ‘Israel’ defines the group called.

In context1 Chronicles 22:2

And David commanded that all the foreigners in the land of Israel be gathered, and he appointed stonecutters to cut hewn stones for building the house of God .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 22:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (beerets) 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.22.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.2.W6.S1) and character.